Private 46215 John Edgar DAVIES

Private 46215 John Edgar Davies{gallery}Pte J E Davies{/gallery}61st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Formerly Pte 14397 Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Second Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 27st March 1918

• Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 90 to 93
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals.
  
• Son of Mary Elizabeth Davies [census records suggest that Mary was unmarried]
• Husband of Jane Elizabeth Davies [1911 Census]
  
• NNWFHS Memorials: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Davies
• Pozieres Memorial
• Machine Gun Corps

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1879 at Wordsley and baptised 7 Sep 1879 at Kingswinford, Staffs
  
• Lived at 2 Vine Street, Wordsley, Staffs [1911]
  
• Employed as a general labourer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton which is the only connection to the area found so far