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About James Llewellyn Davies, VC
James Llewellyn Davies was born at Fronwen, Wyndham, Ogmore Vale, Bridgend, Glamorgan on 16th March, 1886, the son of John and Martha Davies.
His father’s occupation was given as Collier /Steelworker.
James was educated at the local Ogmore Vale and Nantymoel Formal Education Council schools, and on 24th March, 1906 married Elizabeth Ann Richards, of 5 Llewellyn Street, Nantymoel, Glamorgan.
They had three sons and one daughter.
He enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 12th October, 1914 under number 44304. He saw service with this unit until June 1915 when on 5th June he transferred to 'C' company of the 13th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers with his army number as being 31161. He served in the Dardanelles campaign up to December 1915, when he was taken ill with enteric fever. He was then hosptalised at Alexandria, Egypt until he recovered in January 1916 and afterwards returned to Britain.
On his return he continued his convalescence at Stobley Military hospital, Scotland and after making a full recovery re-joined the RWF in October 1916, missing the Somme battles.
He served with the RWF in France and Flanders from October, 1916 until July 1917. He was promoted during this time and eventually reached the rank of Corporal.
He was in action at Pilckem ridge, near Ypres, Belgium, when on 30th July, 1917, he performed the heroic deed for which he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. In this action he led a party of soldiers to capture a machine gun position. A number of his men were killed and though he himself was shot and wounded, he carried on with the action, shooting one German soldier, bayoneting a second and capturing a third. Corporal Davies, succeeded in taking the machine gun and his prisoner back to his own lines and although wounded in the side, then insisted on leading a bombing party against a defended farmhouse. During the course of this latter action he crawled some 450 yards through the mud to eliminate a sniper who was harassing his men. He was subsequently taken to the Canada Farm dressing station where he died shortly afterwards at 6.30 p.m.
DAVIES, JAMES LLEWELLYN
- Rank: Corporal
- Service No: 31161
- Date of Death: 31/07/1917
- Age: 31
- Regiment/Service: Royal Welsh Fusiliers "C" Coy. 13th Bn.
- Awards: V C
- Grave Reference: II. B. 18.
- Cemetery: CANADA FARM CEMETERY
- Additional Information: Son of John and Martha Davies, of Ogmore Vale; husband of Elizabeth Ann Darby (formerly Davies), of 8, Nantymoel Row, Nantymoel, Glam.
Citation
An extract from the supplement to "London Gazette," No. 30272, dated 6th Sept., 1917, records the following:-"For most conspicuous bravery during an attack on the enemy's line, this non-commissioned officer pushed through our own barrage and single-handed attacked a machine gun emplacement, after several men had been killed in attempting to take it. He bayoneted one of the machine gun crew and brought in another man, together with the captured gun. Cpl. Davies, although wounded, then led a bombing party to the assault of a defended house, and killed a sniper who was harassing his platoon. This gallant non-commissioned officer has since died of wounds received during the attack.
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James Llewellyn Davies, VC's Timeline
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March 16, 1886
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Fronwen, Wyndham, Ogmore Vale, Glamorgan, Wales UK
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| 1917 |
July 31, 1917
Age 31
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Casualty Clearing Station Near Pilckem, Belgium
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