Name
Tudor Huab Davies (MC)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Royal Engineers
506th Hampshire Field Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Military Cross
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Grammar School Book of Remembrance
Biography
Tudor Davies was born on 18th October 1890 at Tottenham, and was one of three children born to Owen and Mary Davies. At the time of his birth the family lived at 18 Kingsford Terrace, Tottenham, and Owen worked as a Draper. By the time of the 1901 Census the family lived at Lyon Villas at Wembley. On 22nd March 1910 the UK Civil Engineer Lists identified that Tudor was a Student attached to the Institution of Civil Engineers, and was living at Ash Mount, Abbots Langley.
On 6th February 1915, the Watford Illustrated newspaper printed a picture of Tudor, and noted that he was serving with the 1st Reserve Battalion of the Artists Rifles, and added that he was an Old Boy of Watford Grammar School for Boys. This indicated that the family must have moved to the local area in the early 1900’s. The 1911 Census Summary noted that there was a Mr Davies living at Lauderdale Road, Hunton Bridge with three males and two females. This would have corresponded with the Davies family size, but no further details were given, and this may or may not be Owen or Tudor Davies.
Tudor Davis was recorded in the Langleybury Parish Magazine in February 1917, where it was indicated that he had been an early enlister in the War. However, he was not included in any of the Magazines at Langleybury or Abbots Langley before that time.
Tudor’s Medal Roll indicated that he was transferred to the 506th Hampshire Field Company of the Royal Engineers, and it was fitting that a qualified Civil Engineer should serve with an Engineering Company. The Medal Roll noted that Tudor arrived in Salonika on 30th April 1916, and he continued to serve there for the remainder of the War.
The Langleybury Absent Voter Records for Autumn 1918 and Spring 1919 listed Tudor serving with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant with the 2nd Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment (Royal Engineers). His address was given at Gallows Hill Lane.
Tudor Davis was not included in the Abbots Langley records, despite living in the village, however he was listed in the Langleybury Roll of Honour, which was compiled at the end of the Great War.
Tudor Davies survived the War.
Additional Information
The published Watford Grammar School Book of Remembrance entry reads:
“DAVIES, TUDOR HUAB. School period: May, 1904, to Dec¬ember, 1906. Private, Artists' Rifles; Lieutenant, 5o6th (Hants.) Field Company, R.E. September, 1914, to April, 1919. Salonica, 1916 to 1919. Awarded M.C.”
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
