William Davies (c.1889-1918)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- DAVIES, WILLIAM. Corporal. No 203977. 1/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Stalybridge, Cheshire. Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Davies, 91 Calderbrook Road, Littleborough. Married. Living at 48 New Street, Paddock. Employed by the Westfield Cotton Company as a dyer. Enlisted 4.8.1914. Killed in action near Cambrai, 11.10.1918, aged 29 years. Buried IWUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY. Grave location:- Row B, Grave 41.
- ROH:- All Saints Church, Paddock.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Corporal DAVIES
- regiment: Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
- died: Friday, October 11, 1918
- age: 29 years
- record ID: 267620
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #267620)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #1128233)