His story
William Davies worked as a coachman and was living in Bridgend in 1911.
He served as an Army Veterinary Corps sergeant, recorded with No. 3 Veterinary Hospital.
He died on 1 January 1917. He is commemorated on the Mikra Memorial.
Age 45 comes from the project research; the retrieved commemorative transcript gives no age.
Before the war
- Occupation
- Coachman
- Residence recorded
- Bridgend
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Sergeant
- Service number
- SE/17879
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- No. 3 Veterinary Hospital
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 1 January 1917
- Age
- 45 in project research; not stated in retrieved commemorative transcript
- Cemetery or memorial
- Mikra Memorial
Connected men
- Frederick Charles COPPINAlso commemorated at Mikra Memorial
- Bertie HUNTINGFORDAlso commemorated at Mikra Memorial
- Walter READAlso commemorated at Mikra Memorial
- William REIDAlso commemorated at Mikra Memorial
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- A Street Near You — transcription of commemorative particulars
- Find a Grave — Mikra Memorial entry
- Research record number: 148
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “William Davies”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/davies-william-se-17879/.
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