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Thanks for your information on the Brickells in Wales.My great great grandfather was John or Johann Brickle or Brikle and he died in Pembroke in Sep 1892. He was married to Elizabeth Michael (Mickle) who died in Feb 1899 in Pembroke.
They had 7 children: Abigail, Elizabeth, Catherine, William,John (my great grandfather), Ann and Mary.
Before moving to Pembroke John, Elzabeth and Abiigail were living in a lodging house in Llanelly at the time of the 1841 census but Abigail was born in Merthyr Tydfil on April 1, 1840.
I have looked on familysearch.org at German Births and deaths and found a Johan Brikle born May 9, 1814 in Herbolzheim (A. Emmendingen) Freburg, Baden, Germany. His father's name is Johann Brikle and his mothers name is Theresia Schmidt. There is no death information for Johann Brikle (Could this be because he died in Pembroke)
I also found an Elizabeth Mickle born in the same are in Oct 18, 1819.
I do not know what you think about my information and how it compares with your information?
I would also be interested to know about your interest on the Brickles of Wales?
I do not know why John Brickle would go to Merthyr Tydfil where Abigail was born and then on to Llanelly wher he was in 1841 and then on to Pembroke in 1851. It seems that he was a musician or fiddler during this period.
Anyway I would welcome any more information that you have? Best of luck

Reply to Orielpenfro (2): Thank you for your information, most of which I already knew. The ship on which my father, William George Brickle, was killed was definitely called HMS Walney (previously Sebago). Apart from the war memorials you mention his name also appears in Goodwick Church and in the Book of Remembrance in St David's Cathedral. Here there are two other Brickle's on the same page, Leading Stoker Gilbert George Charles Brickle, HMS Hunter, died 10 April 1940 and Able Seaman Lewis Henry Hubert Brickle, HMS Britomart, died 27 August 1944.
My mother Mary Margaret Annie Vaughan was born in 1910 in 23 Waterloo, Pembroke Dock, baptised in St John's Church Pembroke Dock, later lived at 1 Llanion, Pembroke Dock and died in Goodwick in 1976. 

Reply to Crisane: Thank you for your reply regarding John Spille or Johan Spille. Although I believe that John Spille, as given in the 1841 census living in Llanelly is the same person as John Brickle living in Pembroke in the 1851 census, I have a copy of their daughter Abigails birth certificate. She was born in Merthyr Tydvil in 1840 and her father is given as John Brickel.
Spiler or Spiler is the German word for player. Therefore I think that whoever compiled the 1841 census made a mistake and put down Spille as his name. He was German born and illiterate (he signed Abigail's birth certificate with an X). Therefore I think that we should be looking in shipping records or German records for John Brickel  or Johann Brickel and not John Spille.
After all why would he change his name in 1840 from Brickel to Spille? In all the records onwards until his death he is John Brickle.