Private William Davis

Army Number: 70750 formerly 2292

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Stapleford, Nottingham. Son of Thomas and Catherine Davis, of 6 Lot Street, Stapleford, Nottingham. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Derby. He went to France on 1st March 1915 and died of wounds, on 31st January 1917, aged 21.

Buried: Bray Military Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 14.

Private William Davis is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Helen’s Church War Memorial, Stapleford, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.