John Davis was born on the 16th March 1869 at 29 Fieldgate
Street Whitechapel. His first eight voyages were on The
Garth Castle London to Cape Town voyage, starting as a boy
on the 5th October 1883 to 11th December 1883 as a Boy.
11th January 1884 to 19th March 1884 as a Boy.
4th April 1884 to 11th June 1884 as a Boy.
20th June to 28th August 1884 as a O.S.
12th September 1884 to 20th November 1884 as a O.S.
19th December 1884 to 26th February 1885 as a O.S.
13th March 1885 to20th May 1885 as a A.B.
19th June 1885 to 26th August 1885 as a Saloon Steward.
Next voyage was on the Madras from Greenock to Madeira, as
follows:
14th November 1885 to 7th June 1886 as a O.S.
The next two voyages were on The Norham Castle, London to
Cape Town as follows:
2nd July 1886 to 7th September 1886 as a A.B.
24th September 1886 to 1st December 1886 as a A.B.
Next voyage was on The Garth Castle, London to Cape Town as
follows:
3rd December 1886 to February 1887 as a A.B.
The next voyage was on the Buccaneer London to Dakar as
follows:
18th February 1887 to 20th May 1887 as a A.B.
The next three voyages were on The Norham Castle, London to
Cape Town as follows:
29th July 1887 to 4th October 1887 as a A.B.
7th October 1887 to 16th December 1887 as a A.B.
30th December 1887 to 26th May 1888 as a 2nd Master.
The next two voyages were on The Hawarden Castle, London to
Cape Town as follows:
8th March 1889 to 16th May 1889 as a 2nd Master.
31st May 1889 to 6th August 1889 as a 2nd Master.
The next voyage was on The Garth Castle London to Cape Town
as follows:
16th July 1890 to 16th September 1890 as a A.B.
The next voyage was on The Britannia, London to Australia as
follows:
27th October 1890 to 15th February 1891 as a A.B.
The next voyage was on The Hawarden Castle London to Cape
Town as follows:
16th July 1891 to13th September 1891 as 1st Master.
The next voyage was on The Doune Castle London to Cape Town
as follows:
17th March 1891 to 27th May 1891 as 1st Master.
The next two voyages were on The Oriental, the first London
to Bombay as follows:
23rd September 1891 to 28th November 1891 as A.B.
The Second voyage London to Australia as follows:
29th November 1891 to 28th February 1892 as A.B.
The next voyage was on The Carthage London to China as
follows:
20th December 1892 to 16th May 1893 as a A.B.
The next voyage was on The Dunottar Castle London to Cape
Town as follows:
29th June 1893 to 27th August 1893 as Office Master.
The last voyage is hard to make out it reads something eoa
or something eua, London to Ballie as follows:
6th July 1895 to 30th July 1895 as a A.B.
That was his last ever voyage i know of, from there he was a
Stevedore on the docks until he died aged 38 yrs of
Heartfailure in 1907 at Canning Town, West Ham, East London.
Regards