DAVIS John Henry

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    DAVIS
  • Service Number:
    23619
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    15th December 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 18 and 63.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Lye, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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DAVIS John Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window
Wollescote School

Further Information About DAVIS John Henry

John Davis volunteered for the Worcesters. He joined the 9th (Service) Battalion which took part in the second landings on Gallipoli in August 1915. After five months of trench warfare in appalling conditions they were evacuated and sent to Mesopotamia to continue the struggle with the Turkish Empire. They were unable to lift the siege of Kut in time to rescue the besieged troops and then had to survive the heat of the 1916 Summer. In December the British forces began the advance up the Tigris. The first obstacle was the river Hai and the Worcesters were in the lead for the attack on the Turkish trenches on the 15th December. A major break-through was achieved but among the casualties was Private John Davis.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.