Arthur's Story.
Born Burslem, enlisted Lincoln. Son of Thomas and Annie Davies of Poole Hills, Nantwich. Went to France on August 13, 1914. Died in No.13 French Clearing
Hospital, Vlamertinghe. His brother William would die of wounds in 1918.
Information by Mark A. Potts on March 8, 2017.
DAVIES, ARTHUR, Private, No. 9579, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of Thomas Davies, of Poole Hills, Nantwich, Cheshire, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Henry Halfpenny; b. Burslem, co. Stafford, 22 Feb. 1894; educ. Acton School, near Nantwich; enlisted 24 April, 1912; went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914; was wounded in Sept. but rejoined; took part, with his company, in the assault on the German trenches on 4 Oct., for which Corpl. Russell was elected by vote to receive the D.C.M., and was mortally wounded at the First Battle of Ypres, and died in No. 13 Clearing Hospital at Vlamertinghe, Belgium, 7 Nov. 1914; unm.
DAVIES, ARTHUR, Private, No. 9579, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of Thomas Davies, of Poole Hills, Nantwich, Cheshire, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Henry Halfpenny; b. Burslem, co. Stafford, 22 Feb. 1894; educ. Acton School, near Nantwich; enlisted 24 April, 1912; went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914; was wounded in Sept. but rejoined; took part, with his company, in the assault on the German trenches on 4 Oct., for which Corpl. Russell was elected by vote to receive the D.C.M., and was mortally wounded at the First Battle of Ypres, and died in No. 13 Clearing Hospital at Vlamertinghe, Belgium, 7 Nov. 1914; unm.
Additional information by Shena Lewington 2026