WAR MEMORIALS IN THE PARISH OF NORTHOP
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
Name Walter Benedictus Davey
Regiment Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Btn
Service Rank and Number Corporal 15404
Military Cemetery/Memorial Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 22
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Belgium
Medals Awarded British War Medal 1914 -1920 Victory Medal 1914-1919 1914-15 Star
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in action at Bluff Ypres on the 3rd March 1916 aged 23
Biographical Details Known
He was the child of quite elderly parents George B and Mary Davey. In 1901, 7 year old Walter was living in Duck Street (now Duke Street) with his parents and on the night of the census they had a visitor (Walter's cousin Herbert was up from Devon). Walter's father George was listed as a horse feeder but in the previous census he had been a coal miner.
Walter joined the army on 5th September 1914 and served in France from the 27th September 1915
Regiment Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Btn
Service Rank and Number Corporal 15404
Military Cemetery/Memorial Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 22
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Belgium
Medals Awarded British War Medal 1914 -1920 Victory Medal 1914-1919 1914-15 Star
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in action at Bluff Ypres on the 3rd March 1916 aged 23
Biographical Details Known
He was the child of quite elderly parents George B and Mary Davey. In 1901, 7 year old Walter was living in Duck Street (now Duke Street) with his parents and on the night of the census they had a visitor (Walter's cousin Herbert was up from Devon). Walter's father George was listed as a horse feeder but in the previous census he had been a coal miner.
Walter joined the army on 5th September 1914 and served in France from the 27th September 1915
Northop Parish Magazine May 1916
We are exceedingly sorry to hear of Lance Corporal Walter Davey having fallen in action in France. He is the first from Soughton to make the great sacrifice for his country. We always held him in high esteem and we feel sure that he did his duty well. We sympathise with his father and family in their deep and sudden sorrow.