Completed Levi Davies

[mjay]

Private 201356 Levi Davies
1886 - 13/4/1917 (30)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/davies-levi

Dob 29/7/1886 Stourbridge

Baptism 25/8/1886
Staffordshire Quarry Bank
Church name Christ Church
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 746
Birth date 29 Jul 1886
Baptism date 25 Aug 1886
Person forename Levi
Person sex M
Father forename John
Mother forename Harriet
Father surname DAVIES
Person abode Mount Pleasant
Father occupation Labourer

Parents John Davies & Harriet Silcox

Parents Marriage 27/8/1877 St Mary Kingswinford
John Davies
Harriet Silcox
Registration Year 1877
Registration QuarterJul-Aug-Sep
Registration District Stourbridge
Inferred County Worcestershire
Volume 6c Page 224

Staffordshire Kingswinford
Church name St Mary
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 186
Marriage date 27 Aug 1877
Groom forename John
Groom surname DAVIES
Groom age 20
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Labourer
Groom abode Kingswinford
Bride forename Harriet
Bride surname SILCOX
Bride age 20
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Kingswinford
Groom father forename John
Groom father surname DAVIES
Groom father occupation Labourer
Bride father forename Matthew
Bride father surname SILCOX
Bride father occupation Miner
Witness 1John CORBETT
Witness 2 Phoebe MORGAN
Notes The Bride & 2nd witness both signed with a X

1891 62 Level St Kingswinford Brierley Hill
John Davies 32 Head General Labourer
Harriet Davies 30 Wife
John Davies 12 Son
Ada Davies 8 Daughter
Levi Davies 5 Son
Major Davies 3 Son
Spencer Davies 1 Son

1901 34 Blewitt Street, Pensnett, Kingswinford, Staffs.
John Davies (40, Quarry Labourer, born Brierley Hill), his wife Harriet (42, born Brierley Hill), and their 7 children: Ada (18, Seed Sorter, born Brierley Hill), Levi (14, Iron Worker, born Brierley Hill), Major (13, Coal Miner, born Brierley Hill), Spencer (10, born Brierley Hill), Frank (9, born Brierley Hill), Wilfred (7, born Brierley Hill) and Floss (1, born Brierley Hill).

Marriage 28/7/1906 St Mark Pensnett
Staffordshire
Church name St Mark
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 81
Marriage date 28 Jul 1906
Groom forename Levi
Groom surname DAVIES
Groom age 21
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Labourer
Groom abode34 Blewitt Street, Pensnett
Bride forename Caroline
Bride surname MOCROFT
Bride age 20
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 50 Church Street, Pensnett
Groom father forename John
Groom father surname DAVIES
Groom father occupation Labourer
Bride father forename William
Bride father surname MOCROFT
Bride father occupation Labourer
Witness 1 Richard James Ernest MOCROFT
Witness 2 Frances Rachel MOCROFT

1911 17 Blewitt Street, Pensnett, Kingswinford, Staffs. (2 Rooms)
Levi Davies (24, Labourer in Glass Works, born Pensnett), his wife Caroline (23, born Pensnett), and their two children: Percy William (3, born Pensnett) and Florence May (1, born Pensnett).
Three further children were born: Elsie Olive on 13th November 1912, John Henry on 19th April 1914, and Miriam Ivy on 15th October 1916.

WW1 Records
Private 201356 Levi Davies
Killed in Action on Friday, 13th April 1917, age 30.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 5 A and 6 C of Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
1st/7th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment. 144th Brigade of 48th Division.
Formerly 3572 1/7th Worcesters Regiment.
Husband of Mrs Caroline Davies, of 10 Gilbert Street, Burnt Tree, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Brierley Hill, Enlisted: Dudley, Resident: Tipton.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.

Dod 13/4/1917 (30) KIA France

Burial No known grave

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/755862/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123 ... ies/flower

Commemorated on Pier and Face 5 A and 6 C of Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Commemorated on the Tipton Library Memorial.

Any other info
Levi's surname is spelt as Davies by Commonwealth War Graves, 'Soldiers Died in the Great War', and the Tipton Herald. It is spelt as Davis on the Tipton Library Memorial only.

Tipton Herald 20th March 1915
RECRUITING ON DUDLEY.
THE ROLL OF HONOUR.
The following is a list of recruits who have passed the doctor since the opening of the Special Recruiting Office in High Street, Dudley, up to 5 o'clock on Thursday.
DUDLEY PORT.
Harry Collins, Ralph Maydon
TIPTON.
A Sid Gough, Levi Davies, Sam Martin, Harry Lester.

Birmingham Daily Post 14th May 1917
ANOTHER CASUALTY LIST.
KILLED.
WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT- Davies, 201356, L., (Tipton).

[mjay]

Completed & All added

https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =589165359

[grangers14]

I think Matthew Silcox is on BCC. I will look.

[grangers14]

Yes Harriet and Matthew are on BCC. I will connect.

[mjay]

Thanks Jo

I did check bcc, How did I miss it

[grangers14]

I have connected up Harriet to Matthew already on BCC.
https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =364488524

[grangers14]

Ok to archive now?

[mjay]

Ok to archive now?

Yes please

Thank you