In a message dated 26/04/2007 21:56:49 GMT Daylight Time, anne.welch@virgin.net writes: My great grandfather Isaac LONG was in some sort of administrative position in Rose Heyworth pit in Abertillery during WW1 and I have a list of names which had been drawn up of miners who the pit was puting forward for enlistment in the forces Hello Anne, many thanks for that, you could be the one who puts an end to big, big family arguments Could you please have a look at the list to see if the name Tom Symonds or Simmonds (or similar) is on the list. I understand he worked at Rose Heyworth pit and lived on Alma Street look forward to hearing from you Angie PS how big is the list, were there many names?

Dear Angie Much to my surprise I have found the list quite easily!! It is dated 17th June 1918 and so is later than the session which would have included your gr father. The paper is headed Rose Heyworth Colliery Lodge and then there are the names of the Chairman (Isaac LONG), Treasurer (John MUTTER) Train Secretary (Isaac GRIFFITHS) Secretary (J. WILLIAMS) with all their home addresses. Then the opening paragraph states "Names of men drawn for Service and sent on to the Military Authorities 17th June 1918". There are 24 names and the signature at the end is J. Williams, Sec. William GODWIN George COOK ?E or S Joseph THOMAS Chas PRENDEGAST James YORKE (Norman St) Lambert RAY ?MOND J Stanley MORGAN George Hy WILLIAMS David MORGAN Joseph PARRY Ben OWEN James POWELL Albert LEWIS Morgan WRIGHT Alfred WILLIAMS III ? John LEWIS Byron PHILLIPS John PINCOTT W J LEWIS Mel FLORENCE (discharged) William SMITH Edwin MEREDITH Phil ROWSON Arthur PRICE Hope this helps best wishes Anne -----Original Message----- From: monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:monmouthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Cairntutu@aol.com Sent: 27 April 2007 07:45 To: monmouthshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MON] Welsh Territorial Army?? In a message dated 26/04/2007 21:56:49 GMT Daylight Time, anne.welch@virgin.net writes: My great grandfather Isaac LONG was in some sort of administrative position in Rose Heyworth pit in Abertillery during WW1 and I have a list of names which had been drawn up of miners who the pit was puting forward for enlistment in the forces Hello Anne, many thanks for that, you could be the one who puts an end to big, big family arguments Could you please have a look at the list to see if the name Tom Symonds or Simmonds (or similar) is on the list. I understand he worked at Rose Heyworth pit and lived on Alma Street look forward to hearing from you Angie PS how big is the list, were there many names? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The phrase "Names of men drawn for Service... rather suggests that there was some sort of drawing of lots involved, and the Union officials supervised it, rather than colliery managers. Jeff