SERVICEMAN. A MINER, WIDOWER AND FATHER. DIED AT 52 TREHARNE STREET, CWMPARC. DAVID WAS A WW1 VETERAN (SERVED FOR THE WELSH REGIMENT AND MACHINE GUN CORPS) AND DURING WW2 SERVED AS A CORPORAL IN THE 7TH GLAMORGANSHIRE (PENTRE) BATTALION OF THE HOME GUARD. HE DIED AGED 52 YEARS. HE LOST EIGHT MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY THAT NIGHT - SISTER LAURA JONES, SISTER IN LAW MARGARET PEARCE, BROTHER IN LAW WILLIAM EVANS, COUSIN MARGARET COUGHLIN, NEWPHEW ROBERT PEARCE, NIECE CISSIE WILLIAMS AND HER SON JOHN WILLIAMS.