Pvt 6897 Herbert Leonard DAVIS                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Regiment & Unit

Worcestershire Regiment

Enlisted On/At

August 1914 at Worcester

Former Regiment

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Details & Age at Death

Killed in Action - Monday, July 10, 1916 aged

Medals

1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Theatre

France & Flanders

Action/Battle

La Boisselle

CWGC Grave/Memorial

Thiepval Memorial

SWFHS Memorial(s)

Other Memorial(s)

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The battalion were in trenches at La Boisselle when 100 men were sent up to support the 8th North Lancs who had come under attack. No details of casualties are given but this is the only recorded action on the day that Herbert was killed.


 Family & Personal History                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Birth Date & Place

Bidford on Avon

Baptism Date & Place

Bidford on Avon, St. Laurence

Parents

Emma Elizabeth

Wife & Marriage

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Children

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Address History

  • Tower Hill, Bidford on Avon

School(s), Colleges & University

 

Occupation(s)

Census not found

Other Information