Frederick William Davies

 Private Frederick William Davies – Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 9^th Battalion

Frederick William Davies
Oystermouth Cemetery
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There are a small number of military burials at Oystermouth Cemetery for which only limited information is available about the servicemen interred there. One such case is that of Private Frederick William Davies, whose details survive only through the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Frederick served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 9^th Battalion, a unit that formed part of the 58^th Brigade, 19^th (Western) Division. The battalion saw extensive service throughout the First World War, taking part in major engagements on the Western Front, including the Battle of Loos (1915), the Somme (1916), Messines (1917), and Passchendaele (1917). By the end of the war, the 9th Battalion had suffered heavy losses, and many of its soldiers were left weakened by the physical and emotional toll of years of fighting.

According to official records, Private Frederick William Davies died on 14^th January 1919, just two months after the signing of the Armistice. The cause of death is not recorded, but it is likely that he succumbed to illness or the lingering effects of wounds sustained during the war. The influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 claimed the lives of many returning soldiers, and it is possible that Frederick was among them.

Following his death, Frederick was laid to rest at Oystermouth Cemetery, Swansea, where his grave remains under the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Though little personal information survives, Private Frederick William Davies stands among those who served faithfully in one of Wales’s most distinguished regiments. His resting place in Oystermouth Cemetery serves as a quiet reminder of the many men whose service and sacrifice went largely unrecorded, yet whose contribution to peace was no less significant.