Frank W. Bayliss

107th Engineer Train, 32nd Division

Judi Bartholomew bartholo_j{at}sbcglobal.net Daughter

Bev Bayliss Heipp 1927 - 2008 Daughter

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Frank W. Bayliss Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 107^th Engineer Train, 32^nd Red Arrow Division

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Army Discharge: 1919

Remarks: Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – 1919

Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

Address: Canal Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1900)

Address: 316 53^rd Street, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (1920)

Wife’s Name: Rose C. Bayliss

Married June 16, 1926

Fathers Name: John Bayliss

(b. Feb. 1866 England)

Mothers Name: Florence Bayliss

(b. April 1869 England)

Brothers: John Bayliss Jr.; Herbert K. Bayliss

Sisters: Violet F. Bayliss; May B. Bayliss; Lillian & Rose Bayliss

Civilian Occupation: Carpenter (1920)

Born: Nov. 12, 1893 Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin

Died: April 26, 1980 Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin (age 86)

Cemetery: Wood National Cemetery, Wisconsin

Plot: A 0 490

My dad (Frank W. Bayliss) was one of the survivors of the Tuscania when it was sunk by a German U-Boat on February 5, 1918. On February 5, 1928 (just a few months after I was born), an article appeared in the Milwaukee (Wis.) Journal showing a well-rendered painting of that sinking. It was drawn by D. Macpherson, who was a staff artist for the London Sphere and happened to be a few miles inland the night of the disaster. (The ship went down just five miles off the coast of Lough Swilly, Ireland.) The picture that appeared in the newspaper was submitted by my dad. He was always proud of that clipping and to this day, I have it under "glass."

Two years later, on February 2, 1930 another article appeared in the Milwaukee Journal. It was taken from the log of German Submarine and and included a letter from its Captain to Wisconsin survivors. It gives for the first time a complete account of the "12-year-old wartime tragedy in which 200 American soldiers perished.

Bev Bayliss Heipp
August 1, 2002

I came upon this by accident. Bev Bayliss is a good friend of mine. I know how much her father meant to her. So I just wanted to post that. I can't imagine what it was like for the survivors of the Tuscania but I know it was difficult.

Laura Dawson Glassartist{at}wi.rr.com
September 23, 2007

It was a traumatic event, my father Frank Bayliss had water phobia after all that. His wife's name was Rose, and they are both buried at Wood National Cemetery in Wisconsin. He wound up with three children, Bev, Bill, and Judi (that's me). It's nice to know that after all this time someone is still remembering the Tuscania, and those who were on it. Thank You.

Judi Bartholomew
February 23, 2007