DAVIES Griffith. Private, 13497, 8th, Welch Regiment, died 19th August 1915 in Malta of sickness. Born at Cilfrew, Glamorganshire. He was the brother of Daniel.
Wills and Admin. He lived at Hyfrydle Cryant, Glamorganshire and his effects went to his brother, Daniel, coal miner.
BULTZ Henry George Samuel (served as Harry Lowther). Private, 2501, 16th, Australian Infantry. Died 21st August 1915, aged 27 years. The son of Henry Frederic and Loveday Jane Evans Bultz, of 8 Town Hall Terrace, Paignton, Devon. Inscribed on his memorial. "To live in hearts that are left behind is not to die"
Some notes from his army record. He joined up on the 22nd May 1915 aged 27 any by occupation was a labourer. He was posted into the 7/16 Reinforcements , 16th Australian Infantry. He gave his father , Harry Fred Lowther of Town Hall, Paignton, Devon, as his next of kin. His father gave a new contact address as 169 Church Lane, Smethwick, Staffordshire. The surname was changed later to his correct surname of BULTZ. On the 1st July 1915 he made his Will out to his sister, Miss Emily Selina Ida Bultz of Paignton, Devon. This may have been the time when he admitted that he had joined up under an assumed name. On the 18th June 1915 he embarked Freemantle of HMAT A51, Chilka for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force . On the 10th August 1915 he was shot in the back, receiving wounds to his spine and kidney at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli. He was transferred on Hospital Ship, Ilona to Malta and was admitted into Baviere Hospital, Malta where he died of his wounds on the 21st August 1915. He was laid to rest at 8am the same day by Chaplin Tobias at Pieta Military Cemetery.
History about the hospital - Baviere Hospital.
The Auberge de Baviere has an ancient and honourable history, having been the headquarters of the Anglo-Bavarian Knights of St. John. Immediately before the war it had been used as headquarters for the Command Paymaster, and previous to that as an Officers Mess. Before it could be used cleaning throughout was necessary; the roofs of certain rooms had to be renewed, and the usual sanitary fittings had to be erected. The hospital was ready for opening on June 15th with 100 beds, later increased to 130 in July. In spite of its smallness Baviere Hospital did excellent work, for from the beginning many surgical cases of a very severe type were admitted, and shortly afterwards it specialised in the reception of surgical injuries of the head and spine. Baviere Hospital is also conveniently situated in Valletta itself, facing directly the Marsamuscetto Harbour; around it is a slummy district, but no ill effects were traced to that factor.
ROBERTS Sidney Herbert Harold. Private, 9695, 9th, Royal Warwickshire Regiment He was taken ill at Mesopotamia and died in Malta on the 22nd August 1915 and died of pneumonia in Malta, aged 24 years. He was the son of John Thomas Roberts, of 27 Howard Street, Coventry and Mary A.
All at rest in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Plot A Row VIII Grave 3
