Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant D. R. Davies, East Africa Supply Corps, who died of disease in Tanzania in 1917

1914-15 Star (4025 L.Cpl. D. R. Davies. E. Afr. S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (4025 Sjt. D. R. Davies. E. Afr. S.C.) nearly extremely fine, scarce to unit (3) £80-£100

David R. Davies, an assistant bookseller, was born in Llanbeblig in 1876, the son of newspaper publisher David William Davies of 24 Castle Square, Llanbeblig, Caernarvonshire. He enlisted in the East Africa Supply Corps on 18 November 1914 and died of malaria on 4 March 1917. Aged 41 years, he is buried in Dodoma Cemetery.