Private Leslie Davis

Army Number: 265361 formerly 2165

Battalion: 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Brother of Frank Davis. of 30 Stoneleigh Terrace, Raleigh Street, Nottingham. He was an errand lad prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He went to France on 25th February 1915. Killed in action, 21st March 1918, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7.

Arras Memorial, France.

Private Leslie Davis is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Radford, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.