But Able Seaman Morgan's life as a woodcutter was interrupted in 14 February 1916 when, age 23, he enlisted to help the war effort. Due to the luck of the draw, he did not end up on the front line ...

Thomas Lewis, seen here in a drawing from 1875, was known locally as Twm Pen-Stryd, which loosely translates as Tom, Top of the Street One hundred and fifty years ago Able Seaman Thomas Lewis ...