BORN HULL 22/02/1892. SON OF JANE HAMMOND (1853-1916) & JOHN AMBROSE DAVIS (1851-1933), OF 60, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE OLDER BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
HUSBAND OF LILLIE LEMARD (BORN 30/10/1893), AT 1, BOTANIC PLACE, STAINIFORTH PLACE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 5, TEMPERENCE AVENUE, CLYDE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE MARRIED HER ON 19/11/1911, AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, HULL. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, HAROLD AMBROSE AND MABEL. HE WORKED AS A COAL PORTER AND RULLYMAN. HIS WIFE LATER REMARRIED A CIVILIAN ON 9/8/1917 AND BECAME LILLIE CATLING.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 07/04/1916, AGED 23 YEARS AND 270 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST, 128 LBS WEIGHT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/07/1916. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 22681, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/04/1917, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
HIS BROTHER, ARTHUR AMBROSE DAVIS (1887-1971), RASC, WAS WOUNDED IN THE WAR (SILVER BADGE NO: B182305)
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE FREDERICK HAMMOND DAVIS (1872-1923), 349333. LABOUR CORPS, DIED IN 1923.
HIS BROTHER, GEORGE EDWARD DAVIS (1881-1963), SERVED IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT AND LABOUR CORPS.
