In Memory Of

DAVIS, HOWARD LEOPOLD

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 1895-02-10
Service No:
 16199
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 17th Bn.
Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
Regiment:
 Highland Light Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-08-12
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at the Battle of the Somme on 1st July, 1916
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 IX. D. 16A.
Cemetery:
 ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Thomas Benjamin Frederick and Minnie Gertrude Glenham Davis, of Port View, Cowey Rd., Durban, Natal. A cadet on H.M.S. "Worcester"; was two years on the "Clan Graham," leaving to join the H.L.I. at the outbreak of war. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery