DAVIES, William Henry

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Rank: 
Regimental Sergeant Major
Unit / Base: 
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Service: 
Army
Number: 
819092
P.O.W. number: 
225748
P.O.W. camps: 
Camp PG66, Capua, Italy
Camp PG53, Sforzacosta, Macerata, Italy
Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany
Born: 
Sunday, January 16, 1916

William Henry Davies enlisted into the Armed Forces on 12 February 1932 aged 16. In WWII he volunteered for the commandos. Warrant Officer 1 William Davies, Regimental Sergeant Major of No.6 Commando, was reported missing 26 February 1943 during operations in North Africa (Battle of Steamroller Farm), later confirmed a prisoner of war. 

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/60.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and WO392/21.

Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/85/1.
Royal Artillery Attestation Register 1932.

Additional content: 
'Battle of Steamroller Farm'
Archive pages : 
No 6 Commando
Prisoners of War

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