John Davies
Name of Researcher / Enw’r ymchwylydd: Eifion & Viv Williams
Name of Memorial / Enw’r gofeb: Halkyn Memorial
Name / Enw: John Davies
Regiment/Catrawd: 12th Bn. Manchester Regiment
Service Rank and Number / Rheng gwasanaeth a rhif: Private 16143
Military Cemetery/Memorial / Fynwent milwrol: Thiepval Memorial
Ref No Grave or Memorial / Rhif cyfeirnod bedd: Pier Face 13A and 14C
Country of Cemetery or Memorial / Gwlad y fynwent neu gofeb: France
Medals Awarded / Medalau a ddyfarnwyd: Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals.
Date and Circumstances of Death / Dyddiad ac amgylchiadau marwolaeth:
7th July 1916 Killed in Action
There is a Flintshire roll of Honour card for him in the County Archive Office at Hawarden. The card contains the regimental details as above. It gives the address as Holly Cottage and says that John served for 2 years. It was signed on 21st September 1919 by Mr Joseph Davies. UK Soldiers who died in The Great War 1914 -19 accessible on www.ancestry.co.uk says that he was born in Halkyn and enlisted in Wigan.