Sandie Hayes Posted 6 June , 2020 Share Posted 6 June , 2020 This chap married in 1919. His marriage certificate states 'soldier in His Majesty's army'. Charles Llewellyn Davies, not sure if he lived in Liverpool before his wedding but, he settled in the city afterwards. Can anyone identify his badges / uniform? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 6 June , 2020 Admin Share Posted 6 June , 2020 Shame it's blurry but are they maple leaf badges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esco Posted 6 June , 2020 Share Posted 6 June , 2020 Canadian . Service record here ? ; https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=343144 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandie Hayes Posted 8 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 8 June , 2020 Yes, that's him! His mother's address in Towyn confirms it. No idea he went to Canada. He was in Towyn in 1911 and enlisted in Canada in 1915. I wonder why he never took his bride to Canada, she had very little family in Britain. We'll never know! Thank you for all your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 8 June , 2020 Share Posted 8 June , 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Sandie Hayes said: Yes, that's him! His mother's address in Towyn confirms it. No idea he went to Canada. He was in Towyn in 1911 and enlisted in Canada in 1915. I wonder why he never took his bride to Canada, she had very little family in Britain. We'll never know! Thank you for all your help. The photo was taken near to the end of the war, seemingly in 1918, or 1919 at latest. He is wearing the ribbon for a 1915 Star and I think I can count four overseas service stripes, which suggests 1915, 16, 17 and 18. The fact that he's reached the rank of sergeant also chimes with that timeline. Perhaps he went back to Canada ahead of his wife, promising to send passage-money/ticket and then reneged upon it. It's a scenario that I've heard of before. I imagine that there were plenty of pretty and shall we say, more 'modern', Canadian girls only too happy to welcome a hero from the Canadian Corps home. Alternately but admittedly less likely she might have got cold feet or come under family pressure about leaving family, home and hearth. As you say, you’ll probably never know. Edited 9 June , 2020 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esco Posted 9 June , 2020 Share Posted 9 June , 2020 Glad that it is the correct man . This link should make the records easier to see . https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B2335-S001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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