Corporal JAMES LLEWELLYN DAVIES
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
"C" Coy. 13th Bn.
Died 31 July 1917
Age 31 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross
- Additional Info Son of John and Martha Davies, of Ogmore Vale; husband of Elizabeth Ann Darby (formerly Davies), of 8, Nantymoel Row, Nantymoel, Glam.
- Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED BY WIFE AND FAMILY
- Additional Citation note
An extract from the supplement to "London Gazette," No. 30272, dated 6th Sept., 1917, records the following:-"For most conspicuous bravery during an attack on the enemy's line, this non-commissioned officer pushed through our own barrage and single-handed attacked a machine gun emplacement, after several men had been killed in attempting to take it. He bayoneted one of the machine gun crew and brought in another man, together with the captured gun. Cpl. Davies, although wounded, then led a bombing party to the assault of a defended house, and killed a sniper who was harassing his platoon. This gallant non-commissioned officer has since died of wounds received during the attack.
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