James Douglas DAW
- Born: 12 Oct 1888, North Tamerton, Cornwall, England
- Died: 31 May 1916, HMS Indefatigable, Jutland, At Sea aged 27
General Notes:
info from family bible (Jim has)
Births Dec 1888 Holsworthy 5b 511 DAW James Douglas
1891 census RG12/1795 F 23 P2 Crosspark Cottage, Oldway Green, North Tamerton, Devon James Daw, head, M, 35, Shoemaker, North Tamerton Cornwall Mary Daw, wife, M, 36, , Tetcott Devon William Daw, son, , 10, Scholar, North Tamerton Cornwall Digory Stevens Daw, son, , 8, Scholar, North Tamerton Cornwall Mabel Daw, daur, , 6, Scholar, North Tamerton Cornwall Ethel Mary Daw, daur, , 4, , North Tamerton Cornwall James Douglas Daw, son, , 2, , North Tamerton Cornwall Betsey Daw, mother, Wid, 71, supported by her children, Lewannick Cornwall Henry Jeffery, lodger, S, 22, Sawyer, North Tamerton Cornwall
1901 Census Rilla Mill, Linkinhorne, Liskeard James Daw, Head, 46, Inn Keeper & Shoemaker, born North Tamerton Cornwall Mary Daw,Wife, 47, born Tetcott Devon Digory Daw, Son, 18, Mason, born North Tamerton Cornwall Ethel Daw, Daur, 14, born North Tamerton Cornwall James Daw, Son, 12, born North Tamerton Cornwall Ernest Daw, Son, 7, born North Tamerton Cornwall
1911 census RG14PN13556 RG78PN797 RD290 SD2 ED4 SN49 Egloskerry, Cornwall - 7 rooms James Martyn, Head, 26, Married, Butcher (empolyer), Cornwall Lezant Mabel Martyn, Wife, 26, Married, Assisting in the Business, Cornwall North Tamerton Ethel Dawe, Wife's Sister, 24, Single, , Cornwall North Tamerton Walter Short, Servant, 19, Single, Apprentice (Butcher), Cornwall Lezant James Dawe, Visitor, 22, Single, Blacksmith, Cornwall North Tamerton - Mabel, Ethel's sister was stated as married for 1 year and no children
CWGC entry Name: DAW, JAMES DOUGLAS Initials: J D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Blacksmith's Mate Regiment: Royal Navy Unit Text: H.M.S. "Indefatigable." Age: 28 Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Service No: M/5727 Additional information: Son of James and Mary Daw. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 17. Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
The first of a three-ship class, HMS Indefatigable was only a slight improvement over the first battlecruiser class named for HMS Invincible. As in the earlier ships, she had four turrets, one forward, one aft, and two displaced diagonally on either side of the ship. After duty with the Home Fleet, in 1913 she was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet. In August 1914 she took part in the hunt for SMS Goeben and Breslau, and was later stationed on the Dardanelles blockade. Recalled to home waters in February 1915, she joined Vice Admiral Sir William C. Pakenham's Second Battle Cruiser Squadron. At the Battle of Jutland on May 31, 1916, during the "run to the south," the first engagement between the British and German battlecruisers, Indefatigable was in the rear, opposite SMS Von Der Tann. After 27 minutes, a hit on the fore turret penetrated the magazine spaces and blew the ship in half, and she sank at 1605 with the loss of 1,017 crew; there were four survivors. Parkes, British Battleships.
Both he and Llewellyn Harvey Wilton were killed on HMS Indefatigable
Forces War Records site First Name: J D Surname: Daw Date of Death: 31/05/1916 Fate: Killed. Incident Details: Action against German Fleet. Incident Date: 31/05/1916 Information: No. of Record 6696/16. Rank: Blacksmith's Mate Service Number: M5727 Duty Location: North Sea Service: Royal Navy Ship: Hms Indefatigable Archive Reference: ADM 104/146 Place of Death: North Sea Hms Indefatigable during World War 1 Collection: Admiralty - Registers of Killed and Wounded 1914-1929
Memorial inscription on Findmypast First name(s) JAMES DOUGLAS Last name DAW Age - Birth year - Death year - Death date War Mem 1914-18 Place NORTH TAMERTON Burial ground Parish Church County Cornwall Country England Card or location number Card Post nominal - Reference 1 Record set Cornwall Memorial Inscriptions Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Deaths & burials Collections from Great Britain
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