Cemetery: Canada Farm Cemetery
Country: Belgium
Area: Ieper West-Vlaanderen
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Official Number: 31161
Unit: C Coy. 13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Country of Service: British
Details: V C 31st July 1917. Age 31. Son of John and Martha Davies of Ogmore Vale; husband of Elizabeth Ann Darby (formerly Davies) of 8 Nantymoel Row Nantymoel Glam. II. B. 18. An extract from the supplement to "London Gazette " No. 30272 dated 6th Sept. 1917 records the following:-"For most conspicuous bravery during an attack on the enemy's line this non-commissioned officer pushed through our own barrage and single-handed attacked a machine gun emplacement after several men had been killed in attempting to take it. He bayoneted one of the machine gun crew and brought in another man together with the captured gun. Cpl. Davies although wounded then led a bombing party to the assault of a defended house and killed a sniper who was harassing his platoon. This gallant non-commissioned officer has since died of wounds received during the attack.
Photograph by Rudy van Kerckhoven / David Milborrow