Private 14347 Charlie DAVIS

Private 14347 Charlie Davis{gallery}Pte C Davis{/gallery}11th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)
Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 4th July 1916, aged 24

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2A, 2C and 2D
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son Alfred and Jane Davis of Woodbine Cottage, Grove Lane, Moxhull, Wishaw
• NNWFHS Memorial: Wishaw
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Davis
• NNWFHS Wishaw War Memorial Page
• Thiepval Memorial
• West Yorkshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1892 and baptised on 17 Mar 1892 at Wishaw
  
• Lived at 2 Ryefield Lane, Wishaw [1901 and 1911]
• Employed as a general labourer [1911]