Joseph Tate Williams

I am trying to find out about the following on behalf of his grandson who is in poor health

Joseph Tate Williams (nb the middle name is on his gravestone but we can find it nowhere else so he may have assumed it in later life) was born c 1870, Wales (possibly Siloh Bach Mission), d Caernarfon 12 June 1940.

He is said to have served in the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, which he joined c 1885.

His first posting was to Lucknow in the late 1880s, and he received the Black Mountain (North West Frontier) Medal in 1891. His term having expired he left in 1894, and in 1898 he went to the US where he served in the Spanish American War.

He is known to have been back in Wales in 1927 where he was manager of the Pwllheli camp (I do not know what this camp was).

Any information on Joseph would be very much appreciated.

Thank you

Mary Sayers

Hi Mary

The medal you describe will be the India General Service Medal (1854) with clasp for the Hazara 1891 campaign.

I have checked the rolls - there are five J Williams.

Number Rank Initial Surname
749 Pte J Williams
942 Pte J Williams
1353 Pte J Williams
1462 Pte J Williams
1794 Pte J Williams

Richard

Hi Mary,

Welcome to the forum. How did you obtain the American detail?