Sidney Frank Davies
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| Sidney Frank & James Eric Davies Bethel Welsh Congregational Chapelyard credit - findagrave |
Sergeant Sidney Frank Davies served with the Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve and was Killed in Action 30th September 1944, aged
29 years.
Sidney was the son of William and Mabel Elizabeth Davies and
the husband of Enid Davies.
1901 Census, records, Carmarthen born William Davies resides
at 40 Morris Street, Newport. William who is 28, is employed as a Grocers
Manager—his first wife, Maria, 30, and their son William C., 3.
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| 1901 Census |
William and Maria nee Richards were married at St. Margaret,
Roath, Cardiff. Sadly, Maria died in
1905, aged 30.
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| William Davies and Maria Richards Marriage certificate St. Margaret, Roath, Cardiff |
The following year, 1906, William married for the second time at Llanelly, to Mabel Elizabeth Churchill.
The 1901 Census records, that Mabel who is residing at 59
Manor House Road, Glastonbury. Her
father, James Churchill, 70, is widowed and he is a Retired Blacksmith. Mabel’s siblings are Eleanor, 30, a
Tailoress; Jessie, 27, who Assists her Father.
Mabel, 19, is employed by the Post Office as a Clerk.
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| 1901 Census |
By the 1911 Census, William and Mabel are living at 135 Rhondda Street. William, 38, is a Shop Assistant. Mabel is 30. William’s son from his first marriage, Claud, 13, and Eric, 4, attend school. The youngest child, Esther is under 2 years old.
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| 1911 Census |
A decade later, in 1921, the family is still living at
135. William, 48, is employed by Home
Colonial Stores Ltd., as a Grocer Manager located at 5 Oxford Street. Mabel, 39 undertakes the Home Duties. William C., 23, is employed by the Swansea
Corporation Water Dept. as a Clerk. The younger children are, James Eric, 13;
H. Esther Elizabeth, 11 and 6-year-old Sidney Frank.
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| 1921 Census |
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| 1939 Register |
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| RAF Wratting Common Cambridgeshire |
Initially, it was called RAF Wickham however changed
its name to RAF Wratting Common.
During its operations, three squadrons were based at the
airfield. 1651 Heavy Conversation Unit,
a training squadron for bombing crews used the airfield as their home.
During 1945, the airfield was used for non-combat missions,
where bombers were used to airdrop food to the starving Dutch. The airfield was used as part of Operation EXODUS,
where allied prisoners of war returned home from Europe.
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| Stirling III |
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| Horseheath, Cambridgeshire |
30th September 1944, Sidney who was a Navigator was on board a Stirling III LK501, crashed at Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, 9 miles east of Duxford. The cause of the crash was due to an engine fire which started soon after take-off. All the crew par one was killed. The crew were, Pilot Officer, Leslie Hendrik Biesiot, who was buried at Cambridge City Cemetery, also buried there was Flight Engineer, Alec Sidney Titchener; Wireless Operator, Gilbert Crozier, buried at St. Mary Churchyard, Roecliffe; Air Gunner, Jack Dare, buried at Llandaff Cemetery, Cardiff; and Sergeant Harry Stephenson, buried at Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool.
Sidney’s body was brought home to be buried at Bethel.
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| James Eric Davies Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial credit - findagrave |
Two years prior, Sidney’s brother, James Eric, who served with the Royal Battery was killed on 30th October 1942. His name is commemorated on the Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial.
James married Dorothy Silvey, they were married 1934. At the time of the 1939 Register, they were living at 4 Oakwood Road.
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