Daniel Andrew born 1913, Swansea
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Belsen
1945
His worst experience was at Belsen. The camp had been liberated by the British advance on
15th. April 1945. Although it was not one of Hitler's extermination camps it was nevertheless an
horrific place and affected Daniel profoundly. His involvement is not really known but he did
organise a round-up of German villagers, mostly women and elderly men, and after forcing them to
witness the horrors inside put them to work cleaning up in the camp. The sights, sounds and smell
of the place stayed with him for the rest of his life. After the war the family eventually moved to
Cadle Close near to the South Wales Transport bus depot at Caereithin, where he worked. Daniel
and Mary had two children, Terrence and Colin and three grandchildren; Stacey, Matthew and
Christopher.
15th. April 1945. Although it was not one of Hitler's extermination camps it was nevertheless an
horrific place and affected Daniel profoundly. His involvement is not really known but he did
organise a round-up of German villagers, mostly women and elderly men, and after forcing them to
witness the horrors inside put them to work cleaning up in the camp. The sights, sounds and smell
of the place stayed with him for the rest of his life. After the war the family eventually moved to
Cadle Close near to the South Wales Transport bus depot at Caereithin, where he worked. Daniel
and Mary had two children, Terrence and Colin and three grandchildren; Stacey, Matthew and
Christopher.
Daniel Andrew was the second son and fourth child of
Daniel James and Beatrice Susannah Andrew and was born on
the 5th. October 1913 in the family home at 3, Clarence Street. At
school Daniel was a promising student and on the 18th. June
1925 he passed the scholarship exams to continue his studies at
Dynevor school - one of only ten pupils from Oxford Street
School that year. He left school in 1930 but despite his grammar
school education the needs of the family came first and he got a
job as a warehouseman to help boost the family’s income. Also
on the 3rd. June 1931 he joined the TA (the Territorial Army) and
became an accomplished marksman, taking part in numerous
shooting competitions around the country and winning the
Lewes gun competition at Bisley in 1934. When war broke out in
1939 a progressive mobilisation of TA reservists began. His
impending posting to Northern Ireland prompted an earlier than
planned marriage to Mary Owen on the 24th. December 1939 at
Fabian’s Bay Church. In 1944 he crossed to Normandy on the
27th. June with the 53rd. Welsh Division.
Daniel James and Beatrice Susannah Andrew and was born on
the 5th. October 1913 in the family home at 3, Clarence Street. At
school Daniel was a promising student and on the 18th. June
1925 he passed the scholarship exams to continue his studies at
Dynevor school - one of only ten pupils from Oxford Street
School that year. He left school in 1930 but despite his grammar
school education the needs of the family came first and he got a
job as a warehouseman to help boost the family’s income. Also
on the 3rd. June 1931 he joined the TA (the Territorial Army) and
became an accomplished marksman, taking part in numerous
shooting competitions around the country and winning the
Lewes gun competition at Bisley in 1934. When war broke out in
1939 a progressive mobilisation of TA reservists began. His
impending posting to Northern Ireland prompted an earlier than
planned marriage to Mary Owen on the 24th. December 1939 at
Fabian’s Bay Church. In 1944 he crossed to Normandy on the
27th. June with the 53rd. Welsh Division.
