James Henry Davis

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James Henry Davis was born in Ansty, Wiltshire, during 1890 the son of James Henry Davis (Snr) and Emily (baptised as Emma and always known as such) Ann Harris Davis (nee Vincent).  He lived his early life in Ansty and also East Knoyle, Wiltshire.  By the time of the 1911 Census he had already joined the Grenadier Guards as a Guardsman (Service No. 29052) and was in barracks at Greatham, Hampshire, attached to the 9th Lancers.  His father died in 1913. He served in France and Flanders with the 2nd Battalion and was killed in action near Ypres, Belgium, on 9 Oct 1917.  His remains were not recovered and he is remembered on the Tynecot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Belgium, (Panel 9).  He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals but there is no mention of the 1914/15 Star which might have been assumed.   The 1921 Census shows his widowed mother went to live with her daughter in Thruxton, Nr. Andover, Hants. His brother, Fred Davis, was also killed in action serving in France.