BORN HULL 1886. SON OF JAMES CHRISTOPHER DAVIS. HE MARRIED ETHEL WILSON, AT HULL, IN 1911. HE THEN MARRIED CLARISSA MILEHAM (1877-1929), ON 09/02/1915, AT ST BARNABAS CHURCH, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. THIS WAS HIS 1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 38477, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/04/1918, AGED 32. COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CLARISSA, AND THEIR FIVE CHILDREN, WHO MOVED TO 5 WYCLIFFE GROVE, ARGYLL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 37 SHILLINGS AND 5 PENCE ON 12/10/1918.
First name:
THEOPHILUS
Regiment:
Military Number:
38477
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/04/1918
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
32
3 ALBERT TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
