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Pte. John Davidson
British Army 12th Btn. King's Regiment (Liverpool)
from:Dean Street, Waterloo, Liverpool
(d.3rd October 1916)
Sgt. Joseph Davidson
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Served with 18th & 2nd DLI & att HQ 2nd Corps & att 46th Div Depot Baths & att 1st Yorks
2nd.Eng. Robert Percy Davidson
Mercantile Marine SS Dauntless
from:Jarrow
(d.4th Feb 1917)
Robert Percy Davidson was the Second Engineer on the SS Dauntless from Newcastle. He was aged 24 when died on 4th February 1917 when the vessel was lost to a submarine attack. He was born and lived Jarrow, son of Robert and Caroline Davidson (nee Charlton) of Simonside Farm Jarrow. On the 1911 census he is listed as Percy Davidson age 18 Apprentice Fitter (Engineer) in Shipyard living with his widowed mother Caroline Davidson and family at Low Simonside Farm, Jarrow
Robert is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
WO2. Samuel Davidson
British Army 16th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Banbridge
My great grandfather, Samuel Davidson, joined the Royal Irish Rifles in September 1914, at Brownlow House in Lurgan, Co Armagh. He was in the 16th Battalion which later was converted to the Pioneer Battalion for the 36th Ulster Division.
He trained at Brownlow House in Lurgan, and later at Seaford in Kent, before leaving for France in October 1915. He was wounded behind the ear by a shell fragment on the 1st July 1916 in Thepval Wood before the battle started. He was later gassed at Messines, and suffered the effects of this for the remainder of his life.
He survived the war and was not discharged until 1919. By this time he had been Company Quartermaster Sargent and was an acting WO2 and was either CSM or RQMS.
Sgt. Thomas Davidson
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:38 Avoniel Road, Belfast
(d.15th July 1916)
Thomas Davidson was injured and listed as missing on 1st July and became a POW. He died of his wounds on 15th July 1916, and was buried in Caudry Old Communal Cemetery on 17th July 1916.
Sgt. Thomas Davidson
British Army 184 Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Darlington
(d.24th February 1917)
Thomas Davidson was killed by a sniper. He was the father of three girls, one being my grandmother.
W. Davidson
Royal Naval Division Benbow Battalion
Pte. Walter Davidson
British Army 6th Btn Blackwatch
from:Dallerie
(d.31st July 1917)
Walter Davidson was my great grandfather's uncle. He died at the age of 19 at Passchendaele. He is buried in No Man's Cot cemetery, near Ypres.
Lt-Col. Charles Elrington Duncan Davidson-Houston DSO.
Indian Army 58th (Vaughan's) Rifles
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Charles Davidson-Houston was killed in action during the Battle of Loos
Lt.Col. Charles Elrington Duncan Davidson-Houston DSO.
Indian Army 58th (Vaughan's) Rifles
from:Ireland
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Charles Davidson-Houston was killed in the Battle of Loos
Sister. Davies
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 16 Stationary Hospital
Pte. Davies
British Army 9th Btn., B Coy. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Pte. Alexander Rees Davies
British Army 2nd Battalion The Welch Fusiliers
from:Towyn, North Wales
(d.25th Feb 1917)
Alexander Rees Davies was born in Llanychaiarn, Cardiganshire, Wales in 1881. His father was a tailor and he was a plasterer by trade. His first regiment was the Welsh Horse and his service number was 11722. This Regiment then became absorbed in the Welch Regiment, I believe.
His death Certificate shows that he died at the Netley Hospital (the Royal Victoria Hospital) on 25 February 1917, of "multiple G.S. wounds of body and limbs and septicaemia and collapse". He was 36 years old and had been married for just over a year.
He is buried in the Llanychaiarn churchyard. His headstone reads:
In loving Memory
Alex
The beloved husband of Kate Davies of Towyn, Merioneth.
"Duty and honour bid us part 'Til the day breaks and shadows flee away."
Sgt. Arthur Davies
British Army 1st/4th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Chirk, Denbighshire
(d.11th May 1915)
Arthur Davies died of wounds on the 11th of May 1915, aged 24 and is buried in Chocques Military Cemetery in France. He was the son of Mr. W. Davies, of II, Lodge Lane, Liverpool, husband of E. Conde (formerly Davies), of 2, Chirk Green, Chirk, Denbighshire.
Wounded at the Battle of Aubers Ridge 9th May 1915 Arthur died of wounds two days later 11th May 1915, his death is mentioned in 'All that we had we gave', by Peter Glynn
Pte. Arthur Davies
British Army 19th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 2nd, 18th and 9th DLI
Sgt. Arthur Davies
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers
from:Chirk, Wrexham
(d.11th May 1915)
Pte. Arthur Davies
British Army 9th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
(d.4th Nov 1916)
My great uncle Arthur Davies died in WW1.
L/Cpl Arthur Davies
British Army 2nd Btn King's Own Scottish Borderers
from:5 Dickson St, Widnes, Lancs
(d.26th August 1918)
Arthur Davies served with the 2nd Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers in WW1. He died 26th of August 1918 aged 26 years and is buried at Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, at Mory, France. Son of Thomas and Sarah Davies of 5 Dickson St., Widnes, Lancs.
Pte. Arthur Vernon Davies
British Army 4th Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Cardiff
(d.21st Aug 1915)
Pte. Benjamin Davies
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.21st March 1918)
L/Cpl. Bertam Nixon Davies
British Army 6th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Islington, Middlesex
(d.11th of September 1918)
Bertram Davies was the husband of Dorothea Broscomb. I found the information about him, rank, etc., on an Islington web site. He served with the 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry in WW1. He died 11th of September 1918 aged 40 years and is buried Cambrin Military Cemetery in France.
Pte. Cadwaladre Davies
British Army 6th Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Lampeter, Carmarthenshire
(d.27th August 1918)
Calwaladre Davies worked as a grocer's assistant in Maesteg. In WW1 he joined up at Brecon and served with the 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers. He died 27th of August 1918 aged 22 years and is buried Terlincthun British Cemetery at Wimille in France. Son of John and Hannah Davies of Llanelly.
Pte. Charles Davies
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Charles Davies was the son of Mr. T. J. and Mrs. C. K. Davies, of Bolton Grove, Seaton Carew, Co. Durham. An Articled Chartered Accountant, he was 22 years old and is rememebered on theTheipval Memorial.
2nd Lt. Charles Albert Davies
British Army 7th Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Oswestry
(d.22nd Sep 1918)
My great uncle Charles Davies was born in 1884 in Oswestry. He worked as a clerk on Cambrian Railways until he enlisted in August 1914 as a Private in the 6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry. He served with 6th Btn. KSLI at Loos, Ypres and The Somme until late 1917 when he was selected for officer training as a Temporary Lieutenant.
He received his commission on 27th of February 1918 and was posted to 7th Btn South Wales Borderers, stationed in Salonika and Macedonia. He was killed at the Third Battle of Doiran. He was listed as missing on 18th of September 1918 and as killed on or since 22nd of September 1918. Charles has no known grave and is commemorated on the Doiran War Memorial. He is also remembered on St Oswald's Church and on Cambrian Railway war memorials. My father's middle name is Charles in his memory.
Sgt. Christopher Edgar Davies
British Army C Coy., 2nd Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:12 Westbury Street, Swansea, Wales
(d.31st Oct 1914)
Christopher Davies died in action in Flanders on or about 31st of October 1914. Born in 1883, he was known by his middle name, Edgar, and he was son to Thomas and Mary Davies, who lived at the time at 12 Westbury Street, Swansea, Wales.
Edgar Davies was assigned to C Company in the 2nd Battalion of the Welsh Regiment. He was in the army for many years, and was a member of the original Expeditionary force, taking part in the Great Retreat, and the forward movement which followed. He was apparently an extremely popular non-commissioned officer.
His younger brothers were also at war: Ivor Davies was a first-class stoker on HMS Panther, a destroyer, in the North Sea. Clifford Davies, a baker by trade, enlisted in the Royal Irish Regiment at the outbreak of the war. Both of these younger brothers took an active part in the religious work at Mount Zion Baptist Chapel, Swansea, acting as Sunday school teachers and leaders of the Band of Hope.
The following story in the 16th of November 1914 edition of the Cambria Daily Leader tells of one of Edgar's letters home from the Western Front: "Writing home to his parents, who live at 12 Westbury Street, Swansea, Cpl. Edgar Davies, 2nd Welsh Regiment, gives an interesting account of his recent experiences at the front. He says: "I am still alive and kicking, but how, I don't know. We have been defending a village which has been stripped to the ground. The church in the centre of the village was about the first to go, and the first shell on it stopped the clock, and after that the tower came down bit by bit until at last the whole of the church was on fire, and now nothing but the bare walls are left. I don't think there is a house in the whole place that hasn't been either shelled or burnt to the ground. It was pitiful to hear the animals crying during the firing. There must have been hundreds of cows, pigs and sheet burnt alive there. When we were coming away one of the goats of the village fell in the ranks with us and marched along until it was too tired to go any further at the pace we were going. I think it followed on behind. Our own goat is sticking the marches well, and has been in every action so far, and hasn't had a scratch. The cakes arrived and they were a proper treat. I thoroughly enjoyed them in the trenches. There were three of us there when I got it, and one had cigarettes and the other tobacco, so we had a proper share out -- first a nice canteen of tees and cakes, then a good smoke, with plenty of firing in between". After writing that letter, Edgar Davies went missing on or about 30th of October 1914, presumably during the Battle of Gheluvelt.
In the 30th of January 1915 edition of the Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder, the following was announced, although it turns out that this was an erroneous report: "Captured Welshman In Germany – Sergeant Edgar Davies, 2nd Welsh Regt., son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Davies, 12 Westbury Street, Swansea, who was reported missing on October 30th, is now officially declared to be a prisoner of war in Germany. The 2nd Welsh resisted, and defeated, a vigorous attack by superior numbers of Germans, and in the melee Sgt. Davies and a number of his comrades were cut off and taken prisoner".
In the mistaken belief that Edgar, their loved one, was a prisoner of war, the family’s lives went on in Edgar’s home town of Swansea. The following wedding announcement appeared in the 20th of November 1915 edition of the Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder, and in the 15th of November 1915 edition of the Cambria Leader, regarding the marriage of Edgar’s sister, Gladys Davies: "War Wedding At Swansea – On Monday, a war wedding which attached a large audience was celebrated at the Memorial Baptist Chapel, Swansea, when Gunner G. Thomas, R.F.A. of Morriston, was married to Miss Gladys Davies, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davies, of Westbury Street, Swansea. The Rev. W.E. White officiated. Three of the bride's brothers are on active service, one with the 2nd Welsh in France, he has been missing for many months; another in the Dardanelles with the Royal Irish Regiment, and the third in the Royal Navy. The many presents received indicated the wide popularity of the bride and bridegroom".
Ever hopeful, Edgar’s family in Swansea was to learn by 1916 that the War Office had concluded that Edgar was actually killed in action two years prior, having never been a prisoner of war after all. The following announcement appeared in the 23rd of March 1916 edition of the Cambria Daily Leader: "Reported missing on 31st of October 1914, after having been fighting heroically against overwhelming odds, Sgt. Edgar Davies, 2nd Welsh, has been officially given up as dead. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Davies, 12 Westbury Street, Swansea, have received a War Office notification to this effect. He was at one time believed to be a prisoner of war. Sgt. Davies was a typical British non-commissioned officer of his type, brave, resourceful, and very popular with his men. He was an old pupil of St. Helen’s School. Two of his brothers are serving their country, one Stoker Ivor Davies being engaged in patrol work in the North Sea. The other, Pte. Clifford Davies, of the Royal Irish Regiment, is now in Egypt recovering from a severe illness brought on by exposure and hardships in the Suvla Bay landing, where he had many narrow escapes, a bullet hitting his cap off. Both these lads were prominent temperance workers. One of the last letters written home by Sgt. Davies, describing the remarkable march of the celebrated goat of the 2nd Welsh during the retreat from Mons, was published in the Cambria Daily Leader".
Edgar Davies is memorialized among so many other fallen soldiers at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, in Ypres, Belgium. Although referenced by his first name (Christopher) there, rather than by the common name by which he was known. He is also memorialized in the Roll of Honour at the boy's school which he had attended in his youth, St. Helen's in Swansea. Edgar was aged 29 when he died, and like those of so many others, his body was never found.
Private Daniel Davies
British Army Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancs Regiment)
from:Treherbert, Rhondda Valleys
(d.21st Aug 1918)
My great great uncle Danny was born into the welsh valleys mining community of Treherbert. His wish was to be a farmer but he helped in the family dairy. He joined the Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) and went to France to fight. He was killed on the 21st August 1918 and is buried in Tynecot Cemetry. He is still missed & remembered by his family. RIP If anyone has any information about this regiment in the Great War I would be grateful for the information.
L/Cpl. Daniel Davies
British Army 74th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Newchurch, Carmathern
(d.21st Sep 1918)
Pte. Daniel Lewis Davies
British Army 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion London Regiment
from:Cardiff
Daniel Davies served with 15 Platoon, Civil Service Rifles, I am trying to find out the details of my Grandfather's war service as I believe he was injured and was treated at a hospital in Lamlash, Isle of Arran, Scotland. I would like to know the injuries he suffered and when he was discharged and if possible where he went to live and when he died.
Pte. Daniel James Davies
British Army Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:Senghenydd
Daniel Davies, known as Jimmy was my grandfather. He died before I was born and my mother (his daughter) never spoke of his involvement in WW1. My grandfather was old when he was enlisted, aged 35yrs 6 mths. He enlisted in Cardiff in Dec 1916 and was sent to France in Mar 1917. He was sent back to England due to trench fever in June 1918. He spent time in the Australian CCS, Truro Hospital, Epsom War Hospital and War Hospital at Le Tripol. In total he spent 3 months in hospital. One quite sad event on his war record is that he was docked a days pay for stealing comrades rations and consuming them. Food must have been scarce.
David Robert Davies
British Army 21st Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
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