Completed Arthur Davies

[mjay]

Private 514507 Arthur Davies
1889 - 11/4/1917 (28)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/davies-arthur

Dob abt 1889
Arthur Davies
Registration Date1889
Quarter of the Year Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Place Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Volume 6c Page 52

Baptism 20/2/1889
Staffordshire Tipton
Church name St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 2347
Baptism date 20 Feb 1889
Person forename Arthur
Person sex M
Father forename Samuel William
Mother forename Mary Hannah
Father surname DAVIES
Person abode Keelinge St
Father occupation Moulder

Parents
Samuel William Davies & Mary Hannah Millington

Parents Marriage 15/3/1885 St Thomas Dudley
Worcestershire Dudley
Church name St Thomas
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 499
Marriage date 15 Mar 1885
Groom forename Samuel William
Groom surname DAVIES
Groom age 20
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Moulder
Groom abode Dudley
Bride forename Mary Hannah
Bride surname MILLINGTON
Bride age19
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Dudley
Groom father forename Samuel
Groom father surname DAVIES
Groom father occupation Moulder
Bride father forename William
Bride father surname MILLINGTON
Bride father occupation Labourer
Witness 1 Charles MILLINGTON
Witness 2 Hannah MILLINGTON

1901 17 Keelinge Street, Tipton, Staffs.
William Davies (36, Iron Moulder, born Tipton), his wife Mary Hannah (35, born Tipton), and their 5 children: William (16, Tailor's Office Boy, born Tipton), Maud (14, born Tipton), Arthur (12, born Tipton), Bertha (10, born Tipton), and Alfred (6, born Tipton).

1911 22 Wellington Road, Tipton, Staffs.
Mary Hannah Davies (44, Head, born Tipton), and 5 of her 6 children: William Samuel (26, Clerk for Woolen Merchants, born Tipton), Arthur (22, Clerk in Engineering Firm, born Tipton), Bertha (20, Machinist in Clothing Factory, born Tipton), Alfred (16, born Tipton), and Dorothy Gertrude (9, born Tipton).

WW1 RECORDS
Private 514507 Arthur Davies
Arthur attested in Tipton on 30th August 1916, he was a single man aged 27 years and employed as a Commercial Clerk. He was 5 feet 6½ inches tall with a 35½-inch chest, weighed 140 pounds, had perfect eyesight and his physical development was described as 'good'. His next of kin was his mother, Mary Ann Davies living at 22 Wellington Road, Tipton. His brother Alfred was already serving in Palestine.

On the 9th April Arthur suffered a gun shot wound to his chest and was evacuated through the Casualty Clearing chain. On the next day he arrived at No. 43 Casualty Clearing Station at Saulty, 15 miles south west of Arras, but died from his wounds on the 11th April. He is buried at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, adjacent to the Casualty Clearing Station.

Died of Wounds on Wednesday, 11th April 1917, age 28.
Buried in Grave VIII A. 14. at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Pas De Calais, France.
1st/14th Bn., County of London Battalion TF (London Scottish). 168th Brigade of 56th Division.
Formerly 8769 1/14th London Regiment (London Scottish).
Son of Mary Hannah Davies, of 22, Wellington Rd., Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Tipton, Resident: Tipton.
First landed France & Flanders, 31st January 1917.
Medal entitlement: British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives survived and transcribed.

Dod 11/4/1917 (28) Died of Wounds France

Buried in Grave VIII A. 14. at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Pas De Calais, France.

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/90995/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224 ... hur-davies

Commemorated on the Tipton Library Memorial.

His name is carved on the London Scottish WW1 memorial inside London Scottish House, 95 Horseferry Road, Westminster, London SW1P 2DX

Any other info
There are 2 Tipton casualties named A Davies. One of them is correctly commemorated on the Tipton Library Memorial, the other was mis-spelt as A Davis.

Tipton Herald 19th May 1917
Casualties
Pte A Davies (Tipton) of the London Regiment died of wounds.

[mjay]

Is this Arthur's father
https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =612853581

All added on bcc
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[kdwoodie]

DAVIES, SAMUEL WILLIAM NOCK
GRO Reference: 1865 J Quarter in DUDLEY Volume 06C Page 42

I think its the same Samuel

Mary Hannah

BAKER, MARY HANNAH -
GRO Reference: 1866 M Quarter in DUDLEY Volume 06C Page 36

Freereg
Dudley
St Thomas
Parish Register
Register entry number 161
Marriage date 04 Mar 1866
William MILLINGTON 24 Policeman Dudley Charles MILLINGTON Plate Layer
Hannah Bird BAKER 20 spinster Dudley Isaac Bird BAKER Boiler Maker
Witness1 William MILLS
Witness2 Mary Ann DUNN
Notes Both witnesses made their marks.

Her father William is also on 1911 Census

1911 22 Wellington Road, Tipton, Staffs
Mary Hannah Davies 46 Head Married Born Tipton Married 26 Years 6 Children 6 Living 0 Died
William Samuel Davies 26 Son Single Clerk Woolen Merchants Born Tipton
Arthur Davies 22 Son Single Clerk Engineering Firm Born Tipton
Bertha Davies 20 Daughter Single Machinist Clothing Factory Born Tipton
Alfred Davies 16 Son Single Fitter Clothing Factory Born Tipton
Dorothy Gertrude Davies 9 Daughter Born Tipton
William Millington 70 Father Widower Engineers Labourer Born Fradley, Staffordshire

[mjay]

Thanks Kd

All added & Completed

[kdwoodie]

Added wrong on BCC

[mjay]

Think I've altered it all.
Don't think I was awake properly this morning when I added it

[kdwoodie]

William Millingtons wife was Hannah Bird Baker

Have amended BCC
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