Second Lieutenant Donald Frederick Davies

Regiment/Unit: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) - 22nd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: France
Previous Reg/Num: Pte. PS/8939, Royal Fusiliers.

Age at death: 21
Date of death: 15th of April 1918 (Monday)
Born: Windle, St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery Bailleulval - II. B. 4.

Family details:
Son of Frederick Charles and Ellen Davies, of Moss Bank, St. Helens, Lancs.

Census details:
1901 - 4 years old Donald Frederick, mother Ellen (36) and two siblings: Herbert V (13), Elsie (12) are living at Moss Bank School where father Frederick C is head teacher. Also at the address is servant Elizabeth A Middlehurst (21). 1911 - Sees 14 years old schoolboy Donald Frederick living at 164 Warrington Road, Widnes with widowed aunt Emma Valentine (74) and relatives Annie Valentine (37), William Thompson Valentine (36), John Horace Valentine (34), Emma Valentine (32).

Notes:
Mentioned in Despatches [url=lmem.php?lmem=11]Remembered on Moss Bank Mission Memorial[/url] [url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Also Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/DaviesDF_RFs.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Davies_DF_Lt.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Davies_DF_Lt_1.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/DaviesDF.jpg[/pic][caption]From The Local Press - Courtesy Jeff Keenan[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/Donald_F_Davies.jpg[/pic][caption]National Probate Calendar[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/DFDavies.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Second Lieutenant Donald F Davies at Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval (Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]