HUGHES-DAVIES Arthur Gwynne Lieut

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Surname: HUGHES-DAVIES;

Forename(s): Arthur Gwynne;

Initials: AG;

Rank: Lieut;

Born in: Bettws, Newtown;

Resided in: Witney;

Previous Battalion: 7 of;

Previous Regiment: R Welsh Fus;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 53 Bn;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 158 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Palestine;

When killed: 20-Sep-1918;

Awarded: MC;

Gallantry Notes: MC: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of machine guns. He pushed his guns up to the front line during an attack and moved them skilfully to protect flanks. He showed gallantry and determination.;

Other Data: reported to 158 Coy 1/11/1916
War Diary 9/3/1918 for description of MC action - confirmation of award in war diary 27/3/1918
Roll of Honour(de Ruvigny) Vol II, Sect 3, p44: MC, Lt 7 Bn RWF attd 53 MGC; eldest son of late Rev Thomas Hughes-Davies, Vicar of Bettws Caedwen, by his wife Frances Maria (Penrhos Vicarage, Llanymynech) d. of Rev E Robinson of Penrhos Vicarage. Born Bettws Vicarage, Newtown 10/8/1882; educ Burton-on-Trent Grammar Sch; went Brazil 1909 and settled at Ceara as a clerk in the London & Brazilian Bank; ret UK 1915 and Gaz 2Lt 7 RWF 1/7/15; promLt 1/2/17. To Egypt Dec 1915, served EEF in Palestine from July 1916. App Asst Adjt, and KIA 20/9/18, buried at El Muyheir. MC (LG 26/7/18) for conspicuous bravery in the field. Unmarried.;

Other Notes: HUGHES-DAVIES, Lieutenant, ARTHUR GWYNNE, MC, 7th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers and 53rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Killed in action 20th September 1918. Age 36. Son of the Rev. Thomas Hughes-Davies and Frances Maria Davies, of "Ivy Dene," Leafield, Witney, Oxon. Born at Bettws Vicarage, Mont. Y. 19. Jerusalem War Cemetery, Palestine
MC: LG 26/7/1918;

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