Vicki He is listed as PIPER, THOMAS WILLIAM DAVID on the Commonwealth Graves Commission Site http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2973455 and is Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London where the Bayreaulx was registered. http://www.twgpp.org/information.php?id=765114 The Bayreaulx sailed from Cardiff on 20 October in Ballast bound for Montreal with 23 souls on board and either hit a mine or was torpedoed by U-63 on October 23rd, there were no Survivors. I presume John was a nickname? Good Hunting Pete Message: 1 Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:51:25 -0300 From: vickipiperwall <[email protected]> Subject: [TSL] The Bay Steamship Company, 21 Old Broad Street, London EC 1916/17 To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed I wonder if you could possibly help me Amongst the family papers that I have is the notification of my Uncle?s death sent to my Grandmother on the 17th January 1917. My uncle - John Piper was on a merchant ship , the name was something like SS Bayreauly, or Bayreanly, or Bayreaux (the writing on the document is very difficult to decipher), the lifeboat of which was washed up off the coast of Aberystwith on December 9th 1916, and there was no other trace. I have been trying to find records/details of the Bay Steamship COmpany, of 21 Old Broad Street, London EC (the piece of paper I have is headed up from them) and I can find no trace of a)the company, b) any ship with any similar name that was lost around this time. I suppose the ship was torpedoed or attacked by enemy fire etc. I wonder if you have come across any of these names, or could indeed point me in the right direction - I seem to have hit a blank and would really like to find out the details of what happened to my uncle etc. best regards Vicki Piper-Wall