Private William Davis

Army Number: 103906 formerly 64648 North Staffordshire Regiment

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of John William and Florence Davis, of 64, Edward Street, Grantham, Lincolnshire. He was an engine fitter prior to enlisting on 23rd June 1916 at Grantham. He went to France on 24th September 1918 and was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, on 26th September 1918 and died of wounds, on 10th October 1918, aged 20.

Buried: Tincourt New British Cemetery, France. Plot 7. Row A. Grave 19.

Private William Davis is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Wulfram’s Church War Memorial, Grantham, Lincolnshire.