James Douglas DAW

  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