Private David John Davies

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Reference WMO/268794

Address:

St Thomas' Church

Water Street

Ferryside

SA17 5TD

Wales

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Unknown Unknown
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: David John Davies, Private, 3091, Welsh Guards. David was the son of John and Margaret Davies, of Pant, St. Ishmael’s. He enlisted at Carmarthen into the Welsh Guards, which had been formed by Royal Warrant on 26 February 1915. The 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards moved to France, landing at Havre on 18 August 1915, where it was attached to the 3rd Guards Brigade, Guards Division and saw its first action during the Battle of Loos. The Guards wintered on the Ypres Salient, and remained there until 27 July 1916 when the division moved South to the Somme, to take part in the ongoing Somme offensive. The Guards Division saw heavy fighting on the Somme, during the Battles of Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette and Morval before spending the Winter of 1916/17 in the Somme trenches. The division moved out of the line at the end of March 1917 to rest and refit before taking over a section of the line north of Ypres, to the left of the 38th (Welsh) Division at Pilckem Ridge. David was reported to have been shot dead by a sniper while carrying a despatch during the divisions assault on the Pilckem Ridge on 31 July 1917, aged 22. His grave was lost in the Flanders mud so he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. He is commemorated at Llansaint and there is also a memorial plaque to David in St. Ishmael’s Church, Ferryside (WMO/286386) but he is not commemorated on the main war memorial at Ferryside. (WMO/268793)
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IN MEMORY OF/DAVID JOHN DAVIES/of Pant in this Parish/PTE. 1ST BATT. WELSH GUARDS/WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE GREAT WAR AT BAPAUME/31ST JULY 1917, AGED 22.

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