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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Gnr. David Charles Davies
British Army 210th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Denbigh
(d.5th April 1918)
David Charles Davies, son of David and Susannah Davies, 12 Bridge Street, Denbigh.
Pte. David Davies
British Army 1/5th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Liverpool
(d.5th Oct 1917)
David Davies was born around 1886 and married Ethel Davies (nee Durrans) at St Peter's Church in Liverpool in 1908. A Bricklayer by trade. He had 4 sons who were all under 10 when he died. He is commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial.
L/Cpl. David Morris Davies
British Army 16th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Kidwelly
(d.7th August 1917)
L/Cpl Edward Davies MM.
British Army 9th Btn. Welsh Fusiliers
from:Everton, Liverpool
Edward Davies was my Grandfather who I knew very little of as he was very brusque and private person. I was ten when he died. All I can remember is that he had lost half of a little finger through frostbite whilst serving. After the War, he was employed in the Liverpool Corporation Water Department for 54 meritous years, according to a citation that my late father had.
Bdr. Edward John Davies MM.
British Army 88th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Hirwaun
Ted Davies served with 88th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and was awarded the Military Medal. I have been unable to find any additional information about my grandfather
Pte. Edward Davies
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Liverpool
(d.1st July 1916)
Edward Davies is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte Edward Davies
British Army 7th Btn. South Wales Borderers
(d.16th Sept 1915)
Pte Edward Davies
British Army 7th Battalion South Wales Borders
from:Argoed Monmouthshire
(d.16 Sep 1915)
Bmbdr. Edward John Davies MM.
British Army 88th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Hirwaun, South Wales
Local newspaper The Aberdare Leader dated 6th of July 1918 has a picture and a caption saying, Hirwaun Man Wins MM. It then goes on to say: News has been received that Bombardier Edward John Davies has been awarded the Military Medal for rescuing wounded under heavy shell fire at Kemmel on 25th of April 1918. Previous to enlisting in January 1915 he was employed at Tower Colliery Hirwaun.
Pte. Edwin Davies
British Army 9th Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Denbigh
(d.11th Nov 1915)
Edwin Davies was the son of John and Hannah Slater, husband of Catherine. His birth name was George Edwin Slater. He enlisted at Bargoed, South Wales under the surname Davies. His mother and wife had the maiden name of Davies.
Pte. F. C. Davies
British Army 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment
(d.21st Sept 1917)
Pte. F.C. Davies served in the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. There is a photo of shared grave and cross on the Australian War Memorial website. He probably died at 10th Casualty Clearing Station at Poperinge on 21st of September 1917. Both the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion and 10th Battalion had been involved with the Battle of Menin Road and the subsequent Polygon Wood Battle. My relative, Private Les Brooks, was wounded by shrapnel likely before relieving the front line troops at Glencourse Wood on Thursday 20 September 1917 and died the following day.
Gnr. Francis Herbert Davies
British Army 278th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.5th July 1917)
Francis Davies was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, son of John Henry and Jane Ellen Davies of 51 Stockton Street, Moss Side, Manchester. He served as a Gunner (Smith) with 278th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He was killed in action on 5th July 1917 aged 28 years and is buried in Dickiebusch new military cemetery extension, Belgium. His name is recorded on a list of casualties published on 2nd August 1917.
Pte Francis Walter "Frank" Davies
British Army 18 Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:9 Morton Terrace, Clydach Vale, Rhondda
(d.Mar 1965)
My father Frank Davies enlisted on the 1915-04-08 at the age of 18 and was discharged on the 1920-03-31 as a 1st Class Signaler (Battalion & Brigade headquarters).
When I was a child he used to tell us little except that as a signaler he spent quite some time up a tree.
He passed away in March 1965
Pte. Frank Vivian Davies
Australian Imperial Force 36th Btn.
from:Coolamon, NSW
Pte. Frank Vivian Davies
Australian Imperial Force 36th Btn.
from:Coolamon, New South Wales
Frank Davies was a taylor and cutter in Coolamon NSW near Wagga Wagga. Frank was the eldest child in his family and joined the Army aged 26yrs old. Frank was also the President of the Coolamon Gun Club. Frank was mildly wounded but remained on duty at the battle of Villers Bretonneux in which he had been reassigned to the 33rd Battalion.
Frank survived the war and joined the Army again during World War 2 as a taylor. His youngest brother followed in his footsteps and fought in WW2 in Malaya
Pte. Fred Davies
British Army 8th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Kingswood, Bristol
(d.22nd Sep 1917)
PLEASE CONTACT IF YOU HAVE FURTHER INFO, I HAVE PHOTO IN UNIFORM. MATTHEW DAVIES
Pte Frederick George Davies
British Army 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
from:Oswestry, Wales
(d.March 1918)
Frederick died near Brie during 2nd day of Operation Micheal, Somme. Remembered at Pozieres Memorial, France, and Roll of Honour in Canterbury Catherdral Cloisters.
Pte. G. W. Davies
British Army 2nd/1st East Anglian Field Amb Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Blarngarw, Glam. Wales
(d.20th July 1917)
G. W. Davies died on the 20th July 1917, aged 31 and is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza. he was the son of William and Martha Davies, of Bryn Hywel, Efailwen, Clynderwen; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Davies, of 29 King Edward St., Blarngarw, Glam.
Pte. G. W. Davies
British Army 2nd/1st East Anglian Field Amb Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Blarngarw, Glamorgan, Wales
(d.20th Jul 1917)
Private Davies died aged 31 and is buried in in the Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza. He was the son of William and Martha Davies of Bryn Hywel, Efailwen, Clynderwen; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Davies of 29 King Edward Street, Blarngarw, Glamorgan.
Sgt. George James Davies
British Army 9th Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Mill Street, Abergavenny, Mon.
(d.14th Apr 1918)
Sgt 53774 George James Davies is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Pte. George Frederick Davies
British Army 18th (3rd City) Btn. Manchester Regiment
George Davies was my grandfather and was a private soldier in the 18th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He was captured during the battle of Zillebeke on the 14th of December 1917 and held at the Dulmen Prisoner of War camp.
Gnr. George Mathias Davies MM.
British Army 114th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:St Nicholas, Pembrokeshire
George Davies joined Royal Garrison Artillery formed in Pembroke Dock in 1916. His Military Medal was reportedly awarded for Vimy Ridge and was published London Gazette 29 of September 1917. He survived the war and died in 1964.
2nd Lt. George Price Davies
British Army 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Pembroke Dock
(d.29th Sep 1918)
George Davies of Pembroke Dock was killed in the Fifth Battle of Ypres on 29th of September 1918 and is buried at Zandvoorte British Cemetery in Belgium. A Memorial is also located at Llanion Cemetery in Pembroke Dock. His parents were James and Louisa Davies of 95 Gwyther Street, Pembroke Dock.
Pte. Goronwy Davies
British Army 19th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Henllan, Denbighshire
(d.25th November 1917)
Goronwy was the son of Jonah and Mary (née Hughes) Davies of School Street, Henllan, Denbighshire. He was born on 28th August 1890 in Henllan, Denbighshire. He married Ruby Florence May on 13th November 1915, Hamstead.
Dvr. Granville Davies
South African Service Corps
from:Grahamstown, Cape Province
(d.17th April 1916)
Driver Davies was the Son of Albert T. and Edith Davies; husband of Hilda Davies, of 87, Bathurst St., Grahamstown, Cape Province.
He was 27 and is buried in the Rokeby Park 7th Day Adventist Cemetery, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Pte. H. Davies
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
H Davies is recorded as Davies, H. Pte 18th DLI in the Roll of Honour held in Darlington Library, believed to have been complied by the Town Council in the 1920s.
Sgt. H. Davies DCM
British Army 171st Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers
H Davies is no relative, but I am the owner of a prismatic compass bearing his name.
Pte. Harry Grenville Davies
British Army King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Basford, Nottingham
Harry Grenville Davies was my husband's grandfather. He served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps, survived the war and returned home in 1919.
Pte. Henry John Herbert Davies
British Army 12th Batallion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Walthamstow, London
Pte. Hugh Herbert Davies
British Army 1/5th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Bagillt
Hugh Davies served as a Lewis Gunner.
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