Private Soloman Davis

Army Number: 20598

Battalion: 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Son of James and Mary Ann Davis, of 29, Calverton Road, Arnold, Nottinghamshire; Husband of Lily Davis, of 87, Gedling Lane, Arnold, Nottinghamshire. Was a coal miner. He enlisted at Nottingham on 7th December 1914 and went to France on 29th August 1915. He was killed in action, on 1st September 1916, aged 33, whilst working in the trenches, near Fricourt, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private Soloman Davis is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
Nottingham Road War Memorial, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.