Herbert Alexander Davis
Memorial: Bitton - St Mary's Church
Regiment: London Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 534513
Parents: Martin Luther and Sarah Ann Davis
Home address: The Elms, Bridgeyate, Warmley, Wick, Nr Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Clerk to Allen Davis Co Printers, Bristol
Date of birth: c. 1888
Place of birth: Bitton, Bristol
Date of death: 04/08/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at No Man's Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Commemorated at Wick St Bartholomew and Bitton and Upton Cheyney Memorials
Age: 29
Further information:
Herbert was born in Bitton the son of an accountant and the youngest child of four with an older sister and two older brothers.
Herbert served with the 15th (1/15) Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) posted to 17th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. Herbert’s battalion mobilised to France in March of 1915 and over the next two years engaged in various actions on the Western Front including the Battle of Loos in 1915, the Battles of the Somme in 1916 and the Battle of Messines in 1917. Herbert was killed in action during the Battle of Passchendaele which lasted from 31st July to 10th November 1917 and resulted in combined casualties estimated to be around 800,000 for both allies and Germans.
Note: Herbert is shown as AH Davis on both of the local memorials
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/