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DAVIES Leslie Frederick St John Major
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20567
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- DAVIES Leslie Frederick St John Major
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- 2000-2024
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Surname: DAVIES;
Forename(s): Leslie Frederick St John;
Initials: LFS;
Rank: Major;
Previous Regiment: Norfolk Regt;
MGC Branch: Cavalry;
MGC Unit: 21 Sqn;
Other MGC Unit Served (1): 20 Sqn;
How killed: D;
Where: Lebanon;
When killed: 10-Nov-1918;
Awarded: MC;
Other Data: Greshams School Register 1955: b 23/6/1893 son of Rev AC Davies of Antingham. At School 1904- 1911. Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Major MGC, MC, MID, died of malaria at Aleppo. Buried at Beirut 1918.
See "Through Palestine with 20 Sqn MGC" p 50, 100, 101;Other Notes: DAVIES, Major, L F St.J, MC, Mentioned in Despatches, 20th Sqn. Machine Gun Corps (Cav). 10th November 1918. Age 25. Son of the Rev. Arthur Charles and Mrs. Ellen Augusta Davies, of 9, Bracondale, Norwich. 291. Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanese Republic.
MC: LG 4/6/1917;Related National Archives files: WO339/20673;
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- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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DAVIES Leslie Frederick St John Major