DAVIES, REGINALD PERCY
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Colour Serjeant
4184713
20/09/1944
38
The Royal Welch Fusiliers 4th Bn.
I. E. 09
Jesus saith: “Where I am, there shall also my servant be”
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Son of Reginald Percy and Margaret Elizabeth Davies, of Wrexham, Denbighshire; husband of Violet Mary
Born on 26-04-1906 in Wrexham, Debighshire, Wales. He died of wounds and was initially buried at the village of Steensel.
His father also served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers 4th Bn. and was killed on 5-10-1915 aged 31. He is buried at the Labourse Communal Cemetery, France.
Original gravesite at the village of Steensel.
From the service records of Reginald Percy Davies, the following account can be reconstructed.
Reginald Percy Davies was born on 26 May 1926. In civilian life, before enlisting, he was a schoolboy. He was described as being 5 feet 3 inches tall, with grey eyes and dark brown hair.
He enlisted in the British Army on 14 February 1923. During his military career, he rose through the ranks, being promoted to Sergeant on 6 October 1926, to Corporal on 26 April 1928, and later achieving the rank of Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) on 31 August 1940. For his exemplary service, he was awarded a Clasp to his Efficiency Medal and received Certificates for Gallantry and Good Service on 26 January 1943. He married Violet Mary Reese, and the couple had three children.
Reginald was sent to North-West Europe on 20 June 1944 as part of the Allied campaign following the Normandy landings.
Reginald Percy Davies Senior who die in the first World War