Albert Victor Davis

Memorial: Tytherington - St James's Church

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment

Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Lance Corporal 25177

Parents: Thomas and Emily Davis

Home address: Tytherington, Glos

Pre-war occupation: Farm Labourer

Date of birth: 1898

Place of birth: Tytherington, Glos

Date of death: 22/04/1917

Buried/Commemorated at: Arras Memorial (Bay 6.), France

Age: 19

Further information:

Albert Davis was born in Tytherington to parents, Thomas and Emily Davis. Thomas was an engine driver in the local stone quarry. There were ten children in the family, in 1911 Albert was 13, the fourth child and listed as a farm labourer. Emily contributed 2s 6d to the Tytherington War Memorial Fund

Lance Corporal 25177 Albert Davis served with the 12th Gloucestershire Regiment and was Killed in Action in France on 22nd April 1917. Albert is remembered on the Arras Memorial in France

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Tytherington Roots, Forces War Records and CWGC