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Name Davies Albert Carel
Army number 245941.
Rank Lieutenant.
Decorations Awarded the Military Cross as an immediate award - gazetted 23/8/1945.
Date of birth 21/11/1920, Cardiff.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the General Staff Corps. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary training Centre. Posted to an O.C.T.U. for Officer Training. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers 11/10/1942. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Reconnaissance Officer.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions Captain.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address Warren House, Pentrych, Cardiff. Father - David J Davis. Mother - Elizabeth A. Davies ((nee Watkins). Research indicates a marriage in Q2 1941 to Catherine M. Green.
Source table

Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.