BORN HANSLEY, NEAR NOTTINGHAM, 11/03/1885. SON OF JOHN DAVIES AND MARY BRIGHT. ENLISTED IN THE ARMY, ON 03/03/1901. SERVED THREE YEARS WITH THE COLOURS AND EIGHT YEARS WITH THE RESERVES. ALSO WITH THE MILITIA IN SOUTH AFRICA, (MEDAL). HE WAS AFTERWARDS EMPLOYED AT ORGREAVE COAL COLLIERY, IN ROTHERHAM. HE MARRIED, LILY BROWN. AT ST MARYS CHURCH, SCULCOATES ON 07/10/1911. THEY LIVED AT 83 STEPNEY LANE, WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN, GEORGE AND MARY. HE WAS MOBILIZED ON 05/08/1914, AS PRIVATE, 8150, 2ND KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. SENT TO FRANCE, ON 18/08/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, AT LA BASSEE, ON 27/10/1914, AGED 29. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON LE TOURET MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS RECORDED IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 1, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
