Name
George E Davey
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/11/1918
36
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Bombardier
90627
Royal Garrison Artillery
27th Anti-Aircraft Sect.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
XLIX. D. 2.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, St Andrew’s Church Roll of Honour, Hertford, St Andrew’s Church Memorial, Hertford
Pre War
Born on 1 Oct 1882 in Hertford son of Peter and Alice Ann Davey and baptised on 12 Nov 1882 in St Andrew’s, Hertford. They lived at 65 St Andrew Street, Hertford in 1891.
He married Edith Winifred Rickard on 11 Jul 1908 at Hanwell, Middx. and had three children. They were living in the Glade, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking when he enlisted, and he was a gardener. His wife later lived at 9 Cavendish Place, Herne Bay, Kent.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Guildford on 6 Dec 1915, was mobilised on 2 Jun 1916, entered France on 17 Apr 1918 at Le Havre and joined the 142nd AA Section R.G.A in the field on 22 Apr 1918. He died of pneumonia in the 56th General Hospital in Etaples.
Additional Information
*1 Appears as B E Davey on At Andrew’s Church Roll of Honour. His wife was awarded a pension of 29/7d per week for herself and three children.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
