In Memory Of

DAVIES, DAVID GUY

Service Details
Age:
33
Date of Birth:
1883-11-05
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
10th Bn.
Regiment:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Former Regiment:
formerly Private #R/17009
Date of Death:
1917-04-04
Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
VII. F. 3.
Cemetery:
GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
Nord
Country:
France
Additional Information
Decorations:
M C
Citations:
LG Sup 14 November 1916 pg. 11050 - "For conspicuous gallantry in action. On three occasions he went forward into our own barrage, and brought back some of his men who had pushed too far forward. Later, he re-organised his company to complete their task."
Son of Edwin Owen and Annie Octavia Davies, of Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Born Rouxville, Orange Free State. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918