George Ernest Davies

This photograph is shared by the Trust with kind permission from the 11th Armoured Division Facebook Group and its Black Bull Research Team.

Remembering George Ernest Davies, Killed in Action, 01 July 1944.

British Normandy Memorial - Additional Information

The photo of George Davies was found in an article in the Shrewsbury Chronicle of Friday 21 July 1944. In it we find out more about George Davies:

"News was received by Mrs Davies, 2 Maypole House, Broseley Wood, on Tuesday that her husband, Private George Ernest Davies had been killed in action in North West Europe on July 1. Private Davies, who was a member of the Territorials before the war, and prior to mobilisation was in the employ of a Government department having previously been employed by the Coalbrookdale Company. In his younger days he was a keen footballer. A native of Iron-Bridge, he was the third son of the late Mr and Mrs Davies, 24 The Lloyds, and as a boy he attended Madeley Wood Day and Sunday Schools. About 12 years ago he married Miss H. Fletcher of Broseley, who, together with a son and daughter, survives him."