Name
William Edward Davy
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/07/1916
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
NA
Cheshire Regiment
Adjt. 13th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A.
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Ashwell memorials
Pre War
Son of John William and Helena Kitty Davy, of 32, Russell Rd., Kensington, London; husband of Mary Blanche Davy (nee Paschoud), formerly of Vevey, Switzerland.
Educated at St. Pauls School. Chorister of King's College, Cambridge. Joined Public School Bn.
Additional Information
The inscription on family grave in the Ashwell Churchyard, Northchurch reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM EDWARD DAVY
CAPT. AND ADJ. 13TH BATT.
CHESHIRE REGT.
KILLED INTHE BATTLE OF THE
SOMME, JULY 7THY. 1916, AGED 23.
GREAT-GRANDSON OF
JOHN TOTMAN CHAPMAN
HE SOUGHT THE HONOUR OF HIS COUNTRY
HE BEHOLD THE GLORY OF GOD.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
Jonty Wild
