Loynd, David –

Husband of Alice Loynd (nee Grimshaw). A baptist missionary minister and native of Bolton Lancashire. A victim of the ill-fated Cunard Steamship Company’s liner RMS Lusitania, his body was found washed ashore at Ballinskellings, County Kerry, Ireland. He and his wife had been returning to England from America so that he could “perform what work he could in one of the many institutions for wounded soldiers.” His was the 234th body to be recovered. Interred in Bolton (Tonge) Cemetery on 26/05/1915.

Personal details

  • Surname: Loynd
  • Forename: David
  • Date of birth: November 12th, 1862
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Not known
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 51
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: May 7th, 1915
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Civilian

Decorations

  • Service medals: N/A
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Not known
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 14/05/1915 21/05/1915 25/05/1915
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6c* 5h 5g

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