David Thomas Davies - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, S.S. Wileysike

Able Seaman David Thomas Davies - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, S.S. Wileysike

Naval Service

British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records

The British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records record that David Thomas Davies died at sea on 9 May 1918. He was serving with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and held the rank of Able Seaman aboard S.S. Wileysike.  David's father, was the Duke Hotel, Swansea

Loss of S.S. Wileysike

S.S. Wileysike was a 2,501-gross-register-ton defensively armed British merchant ship, owned by W. S. Miller & Co. of Glasgow. On 9 May 1918, while on passage from the River Clyde to France, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-54, approximately eight miles south-west of St Ann’s Head, Wales. Four members of the crew were lost in the attack.

Burial

David Thomas Davies
St John the Baptist Churchyard, Clydach-on-Tawe
credit - findagrave

Following the loss of the vessel, David Thomas Davies was recovered and buried at St John the Baptist Churchyard, Clydach-on-Tawe, where he is commemorated today.