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Gnr. Samuel Davies
British Army 170th Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillary
from:Bilston
(d.13th May 1917)
We know nothing about Samuel Davies' service during WW1, except that he served with 170th Siege Battery and is buried in France, at Duisans British Cemetery Etrun, Plot 1V, Row G, Grave 23. How do we find out more information? Can anyone help?
Pte. Samuel Davies
British Army 2nd Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Macworth Arms, Gadlys, Aberdare
(d.23rd Oct 1914)
Sidney Francis Davies
British Army 2nd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:Wrexham
My grandfather, Sidney Francis Davies, joined up in one of the Pals Battalions when he was just 15 years old. As all his friends were already 16, he simply said that he was 16 too. He was very proud to have been in 'the Loyals'. He was a boy bugler and remained a musician after the war, playing in the army orchestra.
He told me he was at Ypres and that he and some of his comrades helped out at a Belgian sugar factory when there was a lull in the fighting. I still have his Soldiers Bible with 'The Soldier's Prayer' glued onto the inside cover and stamped S Davies 2 Batt Loyal Regt 1917. Folded inside is a palm cross.
While on active service, a bullet shattered his kneecap, leaving one leg shorter than the other for the rest of his life. He was discharged from the army and rehabilitated in Lancashire, training as a French polisher and cabinet-maker. He died at home in 1974 and the Royal British Legion sounded The Last Post at his funeral.
Pte. Simeon Davies
British Army 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Ashton Under Lyne
(d.16th April 1918)
Simeon Davies is a distant relative. He was b.1878 in Ashton under Lyne and married Lucy Johnson in 1906 at Christ Church, Tintwistle. They had 5 childrenL Charles Harry b.1907; Annie b.1908; Ethel b.1910;Fred b.1912-14 and Simeon b.1915.
Pte. Thomas Davies
British Army 1st Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:South Wales
(d.25th Jan 1915)
Thomas Davies was my grandmother's brother, I am trying to piece together details, such as when and where he signed up and any other specific information.
Pte. Thomas Diamond Davies
British Army 18th Battalion Welsh Regiment
from:42 Llewelyn Street Pontygwaith Rhondda
(d.29th Apr 1917)
Thomas Diamond Davies was the only son of my great grandparents Thomas and Ann Jane Davies and he had seven sisters. I am afraid I don't have any photographs of him and know very little about him. My grandmother never spoke of him to the family. I went to France last summer and found his grave and laid a poppy wreath, a very moving and emotional moment as I was the first family member to visit.
I am sure there are photos,letters and of course his medals within my family but there are huge age gaps in his siblings and many nieces and nephews. I will continue in my search
L/Cpl. Thomas Stanley Davies
British Army 26th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Birkenhead
(d.16th Sep 1916)
Thomas Stanley Davies was born in 1896, and was killed in action, aged 20 years. He was the son of Joseph and Mary Meadows Davies of 8 Woodlands, Birkenhead (1911) later, Winterbourne, Storeton Road, B'head, and the brother of Harold and Margaret. He is remembered with honour on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Picardie, France. It is highly likely that Thomas knew or was friends with Wilfred Owen.
Sgt. Thomas Albert Davies
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Denbigh
(d.18th Sept 1918)
Thomas was the son of John and Elizabeth Davies, husband of Jennie (née Cartwright) Davies of 12 Hennessey Terrace, Denbigh.
Pte. Thomas Pryce Davies
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Denbigh
(d.6th October 1916)
Sgt. Thomas Maurice Davies MID
British Army 8th Btn. Welsh Rgt.
from:Lodge Gate, New Hedges, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
(d.23rd April 1916)
Thomas died on 23rd April 1916 while fighting in Mesopotamia and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He is remembered with honour on the Basra Memorial, Panel 24.
Pte. Thomas Ivor Davies
British Army 101st Company Machine Gun Corps
from:Crewe, Cheshire
Thomas Davies also served in the Cheshire Regiment from 1921 to 1927 at the rank of Corporal.
Sgt. Thomas Maurice Davies
British Army 8th Battalion Welch Regiment
(d.23rd April 1916)
Pte. Thomas John Davies MM.
British Army 45th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Penyffordd
Pte Thomas David Davies
British Army 20th (3rd Public School) Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Nantymoel, Glamorgan
(d.23rd July 1916)
Pte Thomas Davies
2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(d.17th May 1915)
Dvr. Valentine Davies
British Army D Battery, 86th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
(d.24th July 1916)
Valentine Davies is buried at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz
Pte. W. Davies
British Army 6th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:53, Patten St., Birkenhea
(d.3rd Sep 1917)
Walter Pryce Davies
British Army 23rd (Welsh Pioneers) Battalion Welch Regiment
My grandfather Walter Davies served with the Welsh Pioneers.
Cpl. Walter Henry Davies MM.
British Army 8th Battalion Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
from:21 Sidney Street, Liverpool
(d.18th Aug 1916)
Lieut William Robert Davies
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:61, Harbury Rd., Cannon Hill, Birmingham.
(d.1st Nov 1918)
Davies, William, Robert. Lieutenant, Killed in action on 1st November 1918. Aged 21 years.
Buried in Vichte Military Cemetery, Anzegem, West-Vlaanderen, in grave II. D. 6.
Son of William and Kate Davies, of 61, Harbury Rd., Cannon Hill, Birmingham.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Sgt. William Davies
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Bethnal Green
QMS. William George Davies
British Army Army Service Corps
from:Bethnal Green, London
My great grandfather, William George Davies, was born in Shoreditch, East London in 1882. His father was a baker and had a shop at 509 Seven Sisters Road, Tottenham where William worked as a baker alongside his father and brother. He married my great grandmother in 1910 and they were running a bakers in Green Street, Bethnal Green in 1911. On 8th April 1915 he joined the army, leaving his wife in Bethnal Green with their 3 small daughters aged between 4 years and 5 months old. By the time of his death he would also have 2 sons born in 1918 and 1920, the youngest just 5 months old when he died.
He joined the Army Service Corps at Aldershot and by June 1915 they were in France. His discharge records say he was of very good character but on 8 November 1916 he was reprimanded for being drunk in town without a pass. In May 1917 he was transferred to the Labour Corps where he was a Quarter Master Sergeant but by August 1918 he was already being treated for shell shock and was formerly discharged as being unfit for service on 11 Sept 1918 ('melancholia due to AS'). He was sent to the Belfast War Hospital which was a specialist mental health unit set up in 1917. Across the top of his discharge papers is written by hand 'Mental case'. He was discharged with a new suit, £1 and his Silver Badge.
At some point after August 1918 he arrived at the Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley where his treatment for shell shock continued. He died there on 27 June 1920. My grandmother, Florence Ada Davies, told me a story that he died from blood poisoning after being bitten by a goat - my dad and I used to laugh at this, dismissing it as another of her funny stories. His service records show that his wife gave his cause of death as 'blood poisoning' and also mentioned Army Farms 2067 and 2079 so perhaps there was some truth in it after all....
William George Davies is buried in the Netley Military Cemetery. He was 39 years old when he died and was survived by his wife Annie; daughters Edith, Mary and Florence; sons Billy and Bert. He is remembered by his grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Capt. William Davies
British Army 2nd Battalion South Wales Borders
(d.11th April 1918)
William Davies served as a Captain in the 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers. He was born in 1889 (place unknown). He died on the 11th of April 1918 and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. His parents were David William Davies and Margaret.
Dvr. William John Davies
British Army 148 Brigade, C Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Liverpool
William Davies was seriously injured on the morning of 25th March 1918 near Roye during the German Spring Offensive having served with 148 Brigade RFA since March 1915. He was first treated at 96th Field Ambulance and later the same day at 50 Casualty Clearing Station. It was here that he lost his left arm and left leg. Having been treated at No. 9 Hospital in France he arrived at the 3rd Western General in Cardiff on the 1st April 1918. He was later treated at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool where he lived.
By 1919 he was employed selling newspapers outside the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool and continued for 17 years. He fathered a further 4 children giving a total of 10 all together. He had a house boat moored near Hilbre Island, West Kirby which he used to visit as often as he could and was a very keen gardener. He died in December 1949. A truly remarkable man.
Gnr. William Arthur Davies
British Army 173 Brigade, B Â Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.2nd December 1917)
Gunner William Davies was aged 25 when he died. He was the son of the late Arthur Davies and Sarah Jane Davies, 54 Hewerston Street, Newport, Monmouth. He is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial at Louverval, Panel 1.
Pte William Davies
British Army 14th (Swansea) Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Water St. Port Talbot
(d.27th Jul 1918)
William Davies was my husband's grandfather. My husband had an aunt named Verdun, named by her father because that is where he was when she was born. My husband's father, Raymond Davies, could not remember his Dad. My husband and I visited his grave, it is in the British cemetery at Contalmaison Chateau. He died on 27th July 1918
Pte. William Ralph Davies
British Army 6th Battalion Welsh Regiment
from:Nantymoel
(d.6th October 1915)
Pte. William Morgan Davies
British Army Tunneling Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Ystalyfera, Swansea Valley, South Wales
British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, show that William Davies was 38 years old (born about 1880) when he enlisted in the South Wales Borderes, he transferred to the Royal Engineers. He served as a Tunnellers Mate, earning 2/2d per day.
WO1 (RSM) Henry Davion MC MM
British Army 2nd Battalion Scots Guards
from:Faversham, Kent
My grandfather, Henry Davison, served in WW1 as did his 3 brothers, William, Alfred George and Frank. Henry enlisted into 2nd Battalion Scots Guards in 1905 and completed various courses including a Physical Training course from which he was attached to the Lincolnshire Regiment as a PT Instructor (L/Sgt).
He returned to the Guards before leaving UK for France in June 1915. He fought at the Battle of Loos winning the Military Medal. Very soon after this he took over as RSM of this battalion. In the New Year honours list he was awarded the Military Cross.
On 17th January 1917 he took over as RSM of 6/7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders. He continued to serve with the Gordons eventually serving as depot RSM from where he retired in 1926 and returned to Faversham.
Whilst researching our family history I noted that he had been married and divorced in August 1918. Whilst going through his regiments war record it states that in August 1918 the 'RSM on leave'.
After the war ended he took over as RSM of 2nd Battalion Gordons and was based in Glasgow where he married my grandmother whose husband had been KIA whilst serving with the Argyles. It was after this that he was posted to the depot who were based in Aberdeen and this is where my father was born. After he retired the family moved back to Faversham. During the 2nd WW he was the Chief Air Raid warden in Faversham.
He passed away in September 1953 just as I was starting school, my other grandfather passed away on Boxing day the same year.
2/Lt. Davis
British Army 7th Btn. South Wales Borderers
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