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, 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. HE WORKED AS A COAL PORTER AND RULLYMAN.
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.
