Andrew Upton Posted 13 December , 2007 Share Posted 13 December , 2007 On the Portishead War Memorial to those who died in the Great War is the following name: DAVIS, EDWARD GEORGE Pte R.H.A. However, despite various searched on the CWGC website and the MIC's using various combinations of his name and other spellings of his name (ie Davies) I've not been able to find a good match, or anyone that fits with any certainty. Can anyone offer any help into sorting out who he was? With thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Porter Posted 14 December , 2007 Share Posted 14 December , 2007 Andrew, I have a growing database of Somerset RHA (currently 450 names) and he is not on it. However, the following CWGC entry could be your man: Name: DAVIES Initials: E G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Secondary Regiment: Labour Corps Secondary Unit Text: transf. to (246635) Age: 40 Date of Death: 23/03/1919 Service No: 203008 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: N. 145. Cemetery: PORTISHEAD CEMETERY Maybe he was only in the RHA a short time David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 16 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 16 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2007 Thanks for the reply David, I actually visited Portishead Cemetery last weekend and photographed Davies' grave (see above). He is one of 5 men commemorated by the CWGC as being buried in the cemetery, of which three have CWGC stones, one is buried and recorded under a family stone (recently laid flat and already suffering as a result ) and the other I could not find, although where his grave is supposed to be is in the vicinity of where his fathers grave is, but if he is buried there then there is no mention! Davies seems to be the best candidate for Davis so far, but I can find no record of him on the MIC's for either of the numbers listed so I can't tie him down either. I'll have to see if either appears in the 1901 census with a Portishead link... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Porter Posted 16 December , 2007 Share Posted 16 December , 2007 Andrew, I've had no luck with the 1901 Census, but have really just browsed the index. If the Portishead grave represents a Home death then here is a possible reference: Deaths Mar 1919 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Davies Edward G 41 Bodmin 5c 111 Here is a possible marriage in the Portishead area: Marriages Mar 1907 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAVIS Edward George Long Ashton 5c 994 Again, spellings are different so we may still be dealing with two different men. Nothing found so far in the Ancestry.co.uk Pension or Service Records. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 16 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2007 Thanks for the PM and reply, looks like he's going to be an awkward one to pin down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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