Davies, N R (Norman R.)

Davies, N R (Norman R.)

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Petty Officer Norman Davies was the son of William and Mary Davies; husband of Hannah Fairley Davies, of Copnor, Portsmouth.

Norman died while in port and on ship in Londonderry. He succumbed to a fatal heart attack caused by coronary thrombosis.[1]

His ship was originally named USS Branch and was launched during April 1919, transferred to the Royal Navy, and renamed H.M.S. Beverley[2] in 1940. It served in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Artic. Unfortunately, it was sunk only a few months after Petty Officer Davies death on the 11th of April 1943 by U-Boat 188[3] while part of convoy ON-176. All but four of the crew perished.

Date of Death: 27/11/1942 (Aged 42)

Service: Petty Officer, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Beverley

Service Number: P/J 49573

Burial Location: Londonderry (or Derry), City Cemetery, C. of E. Plot. Sec. F. Grave 29.


[1] Coronary thrombosis is a blood clot in the heart.

[2] H.M.S. Beverley was launched during April 1919.

[3] HMS Beverley sinking by U-Boat 188, 151 of the crew lost their lives, only 4 survived.

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