Denzil Ernest DAVIS
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( 1898 - 1957 )

1898 June 5 - Date of Birth
 
1911 April 2 - Living at 66 Bridge Street
 
1915 - 1919 - Military Service
 
Rank - Private

Corps - Machine Gun Corps

Reg No - 122131

Medals - British War Medal and Victory Medal

The Machine Gun Corps was a corps of the British Army, formed in October 1915 in response to the need for more effective use of machine guns on the Western Front in the First World War.
1919 March 1 - Disembodied from the Military
 
1920 August 28 - Marriage to Minnie HOLDEN at Ledbury Parish Church
 
1920s - Rifle Club, Drill Hall, New Street
 
[Air Rifle League]
( Jo EDGE Collection )
Back Row - ... SHAKESHEFF, Ted HOLLINS ( Landlord of the Fox ), Jack VICARAGE, ...MORGAN, Thomas DAVIS, HOLTHAM or FARLEY?
Front Row - Denzil DAVIS, Bill WEST, William PITT, Arthur POWELL
 
Wonder where that lovely shield is today?
 
1921 March 18 - Birth of Daughter Evelyn Phyllis Grace DAVIS
 
1922 - Living at 102 Bridge Street
 
1923 August 26 - Birth of Daughter Phyllis Minnie Davis
 
1925 August 9 - Birth of Son Denzil Thomas James DAVIS
 
1928 January 19 - Birth of Son George DAVIS
 
1929 August 11 - Birth of Daughter Audrey DAVIS
 
1931 April 5 - Birth of Daughter Kathleen Mary DAVIS
 
1932 April 26 - Birth of Daughter Jose Marguerite DAVIS
 
1933 - Living at 29 Oatleys Road
 
1940 - Employed as a Bricklayer - George HILL and Sons
 
1948 - Living at 9 Longacres
 
1950s - Employed as a Builder - Messrs. BAYLEY and PHILLIPS
 
1952 July 14 - Witness to wedding of Audrey DAVIS and Dennis EDGE
 
1956 - Living at 15 Albert Road
 
1956 - 1957 Sent to Burghill Hospital, Hereford by Dr Burrowes
 
1957 October 16 - Date of Death at Burgill Hospital

Related Links
Thomas DAVIS ( Father )
George HILL and Sons ( Employer )


Sources
1897 - 1980 A Retrospect Tilleys Almanacks - Herefordshire History
Photographs are credited to the owners where possible
Comments in italics are from the Old Ledbury Facebook Group
Cuttings from Old Ledbury Reporter Newspapers