BillyH Posted 10 December , 2011 Share Posted 10 December , 2011 Hello, are there any East Lancs experts out there? I am researching our local memorial and am struggling to identify the following soldier as the one I am looking for:- 2nd Lt Herbert Davey 3rd Battalion attached to 6th Battalion. KIA 18/4/1917 and listed on the Basra memorial. Ideally I would like to find him born or resident in Bebington, Cheshire or nearby but the CWGC doesn't give any help on this, and SDGW never seems to give birthplace or residency information for officers killed. Any help would be gratefully received. Thanks, BillyH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 10 December , 2011 Share Posted 10 December , 2011 BillyH One Officer file at Kew,WO339/18005,for a 2/Lt H DAVEY. If someone here can check their WO338 Index it may prove to be him if it's showing East Lancs. There are also three Officer files in WO374 for just H DAVEY:56677;69027 and 75678.Perhaps the only way of finding which,if any,of these is he is to look at Kew. There should be the detail you require,plus a bit more of a life story,in one or other of these files. Sotonmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 15 December , 2011 Share Posted 15 December , 2011 BillyH The file is WO339/56677 and I have some pics from it. I require your e-mail by PM here in order to send them. Sotonmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 22 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2012 I'm back again with this one! I have now tracked down most of the details for 2nd Lt. Herbert Davey, including his service history, medal card, etc - but am unable to get a war diary excerpt for the day he was KIA (18th April 1917) Can any East Lancs expert help with any idea of what was going on for the 6th Battalion that day? Very grateful for any help with this, Regards BillyH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retlaw Posted 22 February , 2012 Share Posted 22 February , 2012 I'm back again with this one! I have now tracked down most of the details for 2nd Lt. Herbert Davey, including his service history, medal card, etc - but am unable to get a war diary excerpt for the day he was KIA (18th April 1917) Can any East Lancs expert help with any idea of what was going on for the 6th Battalion that day? Very grateful for any help with this, Regards BillyH Fulwood Museum will have the war diaries. The 6th East were in the middle East in 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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