Trevor Jones – Merchant Navy, S.S. Salvus
Second Engineer Officer Trevor Jones – Merchant Navy, S.S. Salvus A Merchant Seaman of the Second World War Trevor Jones , born in 1905 in Swansea , is a figure about whom no surviving records shed light on his early life or family background. Like many men of his generation, his story is preserved chiefly through wartime documentation, which records his service and sacrifice during the Second World War . Merchant Navy Service Merchant Seamen Deaths Trevor served with the Merchant Navy as a Second Engineer Officer , a senior and technically skilled position responsible for the running and maintenance of the ship’s engines and machinery. According to Merchant Seamen Deaths , Second Engineer Officer Trevor Jones , of 4 Bloomfield Street, Caerphilly , lost his life following the sinking of the S.S. Salvus on 4 April 1941 . His death occurred during a period when merchant ships were suffering heavy losses from mines, aircraft, and U‑boats as the Battle of the Atlantic intensified. The ...
