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David Williams – Rifle Brigade, 11th Battalion

Rifleman David Williams – Rifle Brigade, 11th Battalion Early Life Born in 1883 , David Williams was the son of William and Margaret Williams , of Corner House, Brynhyfryd, Swansea . Surviving records preserve only limited detail about his early years, offering little beyond the outline of his family home and the close‑knit community in which he was raised. Military Service Williams served as a Rifleman in the Rifle Brigade, 11th Battalion , a formation whose men undertook essential duties in training, mobilisation, and early wartime preparation during the opening phase of the First World War. David Williams Dinas Noddfa Baptist Chapel Chapelyard, Llandore (buried) Kingsbridge Cemetery credit - findagrave Death On 28 February 1915 , David died at the Isolation Hospital, Aldershot , his life cut short before his battalion entered the full rigours of overseas service. Burial and Commemoration His body was brought home to Swansea and laid to rest in the quiet grounds of Dinas Noddfa Bap...

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