Hi Ted Not sure if the poster thought they were a Maritime Captain but suspect he may be an Army man The only Captain P WILLIAMS I could find as a casualty is the following man who also turns out to be a P E Name: WILLIAMS, PHILIP ERNEST Initials: P E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Captain Regiment/Service: Royal Welsh Fusiliers Unit Text: 19th Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 24/11/1917 Awards: M C Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Williams; husband of Ethel Williams, of Glanyrafon, Treforest. Born at Treforest, Glam. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. E. 5. Cemetery: GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY Soldiers died Name: Philip Ernest Williams Death Date: 24 Nov 1917 Rank: Captain (T) Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers Battalion: 19th Battalion Decoration: MC Type of Casualty: Died of wounds Probate Calendars 1918 WILLIAMS Philip Ernest of Glanyrafon Treforest Glamorganshire captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers died 24 November 1917 in France Administration London 12 February to Ethel Tegwen Williams widow Effects £191 7s 1d 1602 Supplement to the London Gazette 4 February 1918 T/Capt. Philip Ernest WILLIAMS. M.C., R.W. Fus. (M.C. gazetted 18th October 1917) marriage Name: Ethel T Richards Spouse Surname: Williams Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1916 Registration district: Pontypridd Inferred County: Glamorgan Volume Number: 11a Page Number: 976 Name: Philip E Williams Spouse Surname: Richards Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1916 Registration district: Pontypridd Inferred County: Glamorgan Volume Number: 11a Page Number: 976 births Name: Philip Ernest Williams Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1889 Registration district: Pontypridd Inferred County: Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan Volume: 11a Page: 423 Name: Ethel Tegwen Richards Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1891 Registration district: Pontypridd Inferred County: Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan Volume: 11a Page: 520 I have not found an obvious link to the Chester area but that could come about due to a relative living there at the wars end or that Philip was there at some point Perhaps the above may provide some clues for the poster I have CC'd this in case they are not a subscriber to this list Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Can anyone help with this request please? > > Ted > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: SS Clan Mac Fadyen2 > Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:46:57 +0100 > From: robert cleeves <robertcleeves1@btinternet.com> > To: <mariners-l@efinch90.fsnet.co.uk> > > > > Upton by Chester Local History Group are interested in Capt P.E. > Williams as his name appearson the village War Memorial but we cannot > find any association with the village.Do you know if he came from this > area or can you point out where we can find this out. > Thanks for your help > R Cleeves