 On 20 July 1916
at Delville Wood, France, prior to an attack on the enemy, Corporal
Davies and eight men became separated from the rest of the company. When
the enemy delivered their second counterattack, the party was completely
surrounded, but Corporal Davies got his men into a shell hole and by
throwing bombs and opening rapid fire he succeeded in routing the
attackers, and even followed and bayoneted them in their retreat. He
later achieved rank of Staff-Sergeant
Joseph John Davies was born in Tipton, Staffordshire on 28 April 1889
and died on 16 February 1976 at Bournemouth where he was cremated. His
Victoria Cross is on public display at the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum,
Caernarvon.
|
