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Military service
Age:
46
Rank:
Assistant Pantryman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Missanabie (London, England) (136705)
Birth:
January 1, 1872
Llanfairfechan
Death:
September 9, 1918
North Atlantic
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Son of David and Ann Davies, husband of Emma Howard, of West Kirby, Cheshire.
She was en route from Liverpool, England, to Quebec City and Montreal, Quebec, when on 9 September 1918 she was torpedoed by UB-87 52 miles (84 km) off Daunt's Rock, Cork, Ireland. She sank with 45 of her crew, position 58°11'N/07°25'W.
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Assistant Pantryman John Davies
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Assistant Pantryman John Davies
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Assistant Pantryman John Davies
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Commemorated on:
Page 22 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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