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Surname: DAVIES
Forename(s): Harold
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 266114
Rank: L/Sergeant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/6th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1917-11-26
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 6 and 7.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harold Davies (born 13 November 1890) was the son of James Edward and Mary Alice Davies, née Myers. James was born at Leeds and Mary at Skipton, Yorkshire.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 47, Rowland Street - Harold Davies, aged 4 months, born Skipton. [Harold and his parents were living with his great-grandmother Alice and grandmother, Margaret Myers.]
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 47, Rowland Street - Harold Davies, aged 10 years, born Skipton, son of James E. and Mary A. Davies.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 11, Cowper Street - Harold Davis, aged 20 years, born Skipton, son of James Edward and Mary Alice Davis.
Harold was married to Sarah Ann Fell Stoney in 1912. Sarah married Samuel Ernest Cox in 1930.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Cpl Harold Davies, 266114, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Cpl Harold Davies, 266114, 2/6 W. Rid. R. Pres died 26.11.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: L/Sgt Harold Davies, 3345, 266114, 2/6th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: On or since 26.11.17. Death pres'd. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Sarah F. £7 17s. 2d. Self and children. War Gratuity: Widow - Sarah A. F. £14 10s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Harold. Name(s) on card(s): Wife: Sarah Ann Fell Cox, born 26.6.88. Remarried. Address 1. 13, Milton Street, Skipton, Yorks. Address 2. 6, Brunswick Road, Morecambe, Lancs. Children: Dorothy, born 26.11.12. Margaret, born 3.9.15.
The 1921 Census shows that Sarah and her daughters were living at 1, Cumberland Street, Skipton. The 1939 Register shows that Samuel, Sarah and her daughters were living at 7, Seathwaite Avenue, Heysham, Lancashire. Sarah died in 1961 and Samuel in 1973.
Harold is commemorated as H. Davis on the Skipton and Holy Trinity Church War Memorials.
Photograph: 'Yorkshire Rugby Football Union – In Memoriam 1914-19'.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
DAVIES, Sgt. Harold, aged 28, West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Davies, 11 Cooper Street, Skipton, killed Nov. 22, 1917.
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L/Sergeant Harold DAVIES

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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