DAVIS T. W.

Thomas William Davis

Lance Corporal 37466

12th Bn.(West Somserset Yeomanry), Somerset Light Infantry

Notts Free Press, 18th October 1918

Thomas William Davis died on Monday 2 September 1918, aged 28, and was buried in the PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.

He was born on 25th June 1890 at Little Duke Street, Sutton, to parents Edward and Annie Davis. Edward Davis was a Coal Miner, who married Annie Vail at St Mary's church, Sutton in July 1886. At the time of the 1901 census the family were living at 9 Little Duke Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.

Notts Free Press, 18th October 1918

Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 18th October 1918

Davis - In loving memory of my dear husband, Lance-Corporal T. W. Davis, who was killed in action, September 2nd 1918, aged 28 years. A devoted husband, a loving dad, One of the best that God could lend; When the nights are dark and friends are few, Dear husband, and dad, we long for you. Could we have raised his dying head, And heard his last farewell; The blow would not have been so hard, To those who loved him well. - From his loving Wife, and Son, Mother, Dad and Sister Maggie, also Elsie and Brother Ted in India.

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)’

DAVIS Thomas William. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. Enlisted at Mansfield (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield) 12th Bn. Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry Regt.). L/Corp 37466, killed in action, France & Flanders 2nd Sept 1918. Formerly 19509, Notts & Derbyshire Regiment  

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