Albert Davies
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Parents: James and Lily Davies
Marital status: Married
Home address: Lived: Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester
Date of birth: 06/03/1908
Date of death: 28/12/1942
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial and the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 34
Further information:
Albert was the son of a carpenter and had 3 older sisters and an older brother. He married Pansy Jane Mary Mellor at the beginning of 1934.
On the day of his death, Albert was serving aboard the British Steam Merchant Empire Wagtail, which was part of convoy ONS -154, on route from Belfast to Halifax Canada, carrying a cargo of 3857 tons of coal. At 22.36 hours on 28 Dec 1942, U-boat U-260 fired torpedoes at the convoy about 900 miles west of Cape Finisterre and hit and sank the Empire Wagtail. The master, 35 crew members and eight gunners, including Albert were lost. There were no survivors. Albert was initially reported as missing which was changed to presumed killed 14 months later.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2543.html