Lloyd George's Welsh Army: Dvr T Davies, Royal Field Artillery, attached 38th (Welsh) Division

Holder's service details:

Thomas Davies
Regiment or Corps: Royal Field Artillery
Regimental Number: W/4643

Entered France theatre 24 December 1915. 38th (Welsh) Division, Royal Artillery.

Thomas Davies
Military Year: 1914-1915
Rank: Driver
Medal Awarded: 1914-15 Star
Regiment or Corps: Royal Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery)
Regimental Number: W/4643
Sub Unit: Royal Field Artillery

Thomas Davies
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Driver
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: Royal Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery)
Regimental Number: W/4643
Sub Unit: Royal Field Artillery
Previous Units: R.F.A. W/4643 Dvr

Medal condition:

Very Fine.  Mounted & framed.

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A Welsh Infantry Pioneer from Swansea: Pte Jack Davies, 1/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion the Welsh Regiment and Labour Corps

Pte Jack Davies, 1/6 Welsh Regiment & Labour Corps

Details of holder's service and that of the regiment:

His service records do not appear to have survived and, in view of his transfer to the Labour Corps he appears on their medal roll (which does not, in my experience, generally record previous battalions served with.) However, reference to the appropriate piece of the 1/6th (Territorial Force) Battalion, Welsh Regiment medal roll indicates that 266327 Pte Arthur James Jones, and 263329 Cpl Brinley Richards both commenced their active service with the 1/6th (Glamorgan) battalion, the Welsh Regiment, as did 266323, 266324, 266335 and 337 albeit under different numbers in some cases. This strongly suggests that Pte Davies went into action with this battalion. This would have been shortly after it became a divisional Pioneer Battalion to 1st Division on 15 May 1916, having worked on lines of communication duties since disembarkation at Le Havre in October 1914, and shortly before the division participated in the Somme offensive of July 1915.

MIC:

Regiment or Corps:Welsh Regiment, Labour Corps
Regimental Number:266328, 597780

Entered France theatre of war 17/5/1916

Home address:
154 High Street
Swansea

Medal roll:

Jack Davies
Private
Labour Corps
597780

Medal condition:

Fine. Some edge knocks and spotting, much gilding lost. On new replacement ribbon.

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