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Surname: DAVY
Forename(s): Harry
Place of Birth: Kildwick, Yorkshire
Service No: 173798
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 'A' Battery 281st Brigade
Division: 56th (1/1st London) Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1917-12-01
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. C. 14.
CWGC Cemetery: RED CROSS CORNER CEMETERY, BEUGNY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COWLING, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harry Davy was the son of Charles and Ellen Davy, née Richmond. Both parents were born at Kildwick, Yorkshire.
1901 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: Far Laithe - Harry Davy, aged 5 years, born Kildwick, Yorkshire, son of Charles and Ellen Davy.
1911 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: Smithy House - Harry Davy, aged 15 years, born Kildwick, Yorkshire, son of Charles and Ellen Davy.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Harry Davy, 173798, R.F.A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gnr Harry Davy, 173798, R.F.A. Dead 1.12.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Gunner Harry Davy, 173798, A/281 Bde R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 1.12.17. In Action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and Sole Legatee - Ellen. £11 9s. 5d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Harry. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Ellen Davy, born 1862. Relationship: Mother. Address: Smithy House, Cowling, Nr Keighley.
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:
DAVY, Gunner Harry, aged 31, R.F.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Davy, Smith House Farm, [Cowling], killed in action, France, Dec. 1, 1917.
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Gunner Harry DAVY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 56th (1/1st London) Division
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14 December 1917
DAVY – December 1st killed on active service in France, Gunner Harry Davy, R.F.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davy, Smithy House Farm, Far Laithe, Cowling, aged 24 years.
14 December 1917
COWLING – GUNNER HARRY DAVY KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davy, of Smithy House Farm, Far Laithe, Cowling, have received news of the death of their son Harry, whilst fighting in France. Gunner Harry Davy, of the R. F.A., was killed on December lst 1917, whilst serving his gun in response to an S.O.S. call from the infantry. Gunner Davy enlisted on September 15th 1916, and went to France on March 14th 1917. He was 21 years of age. He was employed, before enlisting, by Mr. Arthur Snowden of the Clayton Hall Poultry Farm. A letter was received by his parents from the Captain of his battery, which confirms the high esteem and regard in which he was held by all who knew him:– “We have buried him today close to the Battery Waggon Lines. His loss is keenly felt by us all, a splendid fellow, good soldier, and imbued with a fine devotion to duty, which was an example to us all. He died as he had lived, playing a man’s part in the defence of his country’s honour, and all ranks join me in this expression of our deepest sympathy with you and yours in this irreparable loss.”
A letter has also been received from the Rev. A. L. Watt, chaplain:– “I am writing these few lines to tell you that we laid his body to rest this morning in a little cemetery nearby; and also to express, if you will allow me to do so, my deep sympathy with you in your great loss. May God, who alone can do it, comfort and help you at this time is my earnest prayer.”
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14 December 1917
DAVY – Dec. 1st, killed in action in France, Gunner Harry Davy, of the R.F.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Davy, of Smith House Farm (Far Laithe), Cowling, aged 21.
14 December 1917
COWLING
GUNNER H. DAVY KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davy, of Smithy House Farm (Far Laithe), have received news of the death of their son, Harry, whilst fighting in France. Gunner Harry Davy, of the R.F.A., was killed on Dec. 1st, whilst serving his gun in response to an S.O.S. call from the infantry. Gunner Davy enlisted on Sept. 15th, 1916, and went to France on March 14th last. He was 21 years of age. He was employed before enlisting by Mr. Arthur Snowden, of the Clayton Hall Poultry Farm.
A letter was received by his parents from the captain of his battery, which confirms the high esteem and regard in which he was held by all who knew him. The letter is as follows:– “It is with the utmost regret that I have to inform you of the death of your son, 173798 Gunner Harry Davy, of this battery. I was with him when he was hit at 5-30 p.m. on Dec. 1st, serving his gun in response to an S.O.S. call from the infantry, and he died within half an hour in my presence without regaining consciousness. We have buried him to-day close to the battery waggon lines. His loss is keenly felt by us all, a splendid fellow, good soldier, and imbued with a fine devotion to duty, which was an example to us all. He died as he lived, playing a man’s part in the defence of his country’s honour, and all ranks join me in this expression of our deepest sympathy with you and yours in this irreparable loss. – R. Victor Heal, Captain.”
A letter has also been received from Rev. A. L. Watt, chaplain. as follows:– “Before you get this note you will no doubt have heard officially the sad news of your son’s death. He was killed whilst serving his gun on the 1st December. I am writing these few lines to tell you that we laid his body to rest this morning in a little cemetery near by, and also to express, if you will allow me to do so, my deep sympathy with you in your great loss. May God, who alone can do, comfort and help you at this time is my earnest prayer.”
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