21st January 1915 On this day: Good Billets   According to my grandfather, Idris Howells, the 17th Battalion, Welsh Reg were already in Rhos-on-Sea by 21 January 1915. In his letter home from the Cardrona boarding house, Rhos, he says that he has "...sent 8 leters since I have been here..." The men were put up in boarding houses: Cardrona in Everard Road, Rhos and Moorehouse, Colwyn Crescent, Rhos. He says it is "a lovely billet up here. Plenty of food and good food too. We have porridge and fried bacon for breakfast and two or three courses for dinner and sometimes cold meat for either tea or supper and boiled Cocoa. Second helpings of everything if you can eat it."    SM U-7 Type U 5 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 149) Ordered 8 Apr 1908 Laid down 6 May 1909 Launched 28 Jul 1910 Commissioned 18 Jul 1911 Commanders 1 Aug 1914 - 21 Jan 1915 Georg König Career 3 patrols 1 Aug 1914 - 21 Jan 1915 I Flotilla Successes No successes. Fate 21 Jan 1915 - Misidentified and torpedoed off Dutch coast by U22 (53.43N, 06.02E). One survivor. 24 dead and 1 survivor There was another U 7 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 29 Jun 1935 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 18 Jul 1935. John Doran  2nd Queens under fire  Prisoners in Harsh Conditions  Contracts for Army Clothing  A Hearty Send Off  Passes to be Checked  Flowing with Water  Relief  Trench Work  Trench Work  In Reserve  Colours  Instruction  Reliefs  Training  Battalion march to Cuinchy  In Reserve  Wulverghem Shelled  Training  Reliefs  Reliefs  Troops joined  In Billets  New CO  Cold Weather  Reliefs Can you add to this factual information? Do you know the whereabouts of a unit on a particular day? Do you have a copy of an official war diary entry? Details of an an incident? The loss of a ship? A letter, postcard, photo or any other interesting snipts? If your information relates only to an individual, eg. enlistment, award of a medal or death, please use this form: Add a story.

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Remembering those who died this day, 21st of January 1915. Able Seaman Frank Stuart Ayling. HMS E10. Read their Story. Firemn. Dennis Cannon. HM Tug Flying Buzzard Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Woodman. 4th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Add a name to this list.

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