DAVIES Horace Arthur

  • First Name(s):
    Horace 
    Arthur 
  • Surname:
    DAVIES
  • Service Number:
    113554
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Brigade:
    107th Brigade
  • Unit:
    C Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    7th April 1918
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Picquigny British Cemetery, France, Grave E. 17.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Harry John and Myra Davies, of Oldswinford, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

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DAVIES Horace Arthur Is Named On These Memorials

Old Swinford St Mary’s Church
Stourbridge War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Old Swinford St Mary’s Church with the additional information: Gnr. R.F.A.

Further Information About DAVIES Horace Arthur

Horace Davies lived at 143 Hagley Road, Oldswinford, and was an apprentice to Mr J.T. Ford, the Stourbridge printer. He was also a member of the Wesleyan Methodists. He volunteered in October 1915 and went to France with the Royal Field Artillery on the 22nd May 1916. Horace had seen a great deal of action by March 1918 when he was with C Battery 107th Brigade on the front line near St. Quentin. The Germans launched the first of their great Spring offensives on the 21st and the British and Allied forces were slowly driven back over the old Somme battlefield. At some point Gunner Horace Davies was seriously wounded and taken back to No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station. Here he died of wounds on the 7th April. He is also commemorated on the Methodist church memorial.

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