DAVIS L.
Leonard Davis*
Gunner 76990
116th Bty., Royal Field Artillery
Leonard Davis died on Tuesday 17th November 1914, aged 22 years, and was remembered on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
He was baptised 24th January 1892 at St Andrew's Church, Skegby, to parents George & Emily Davis. George Davis was a Coal Miner, and both he and his wife were natives of Lawley, Shropshire, moving to Skegby sometime between 1887 and 1891.
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 17th November 1916
In loving memory of Bombadier L. Davies, of Stanton Hill, who
was killed in action on November 17th 1914.
Oh, for a touch of that vanished hand,
Or a sound of the voice that is still.
From loving Mother, Brothers and Sisters.
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 16th November 1917
Davis - In loving memory of Bombadier L. Davis, who was killed in action, November 17th, 1914. Fondly remembered by all. - From his loving Mother, Brothers and Sisters.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery’
DAVIS Leonard. Born Mansfield, Notts, enlisted Nottingham. Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery, Gunner 76990, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 17th November 1914.
Research by Heather Faulkes
* DAVIES spelling on www.cwgc.org
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