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British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 about Raymond O Davis
Name: Raymond O Davis
Regiment or Corps: Leicestershire Regiment, Royal Engineers
Regimental Number: 21094, 128601
Other Records: Search for 'Raymond O Davis' in other WWI collections

Well, I did learn one thing.... if he is Fred Percy Singleton then he isn't my Fred :-(

Hey I have an idea :-D if I gave you the names and numbers I have, you guys, who seem so good at finding them, can find them and tell me if they are mine.

Private Raymond Owen Davis - #21094 128601 (Regtl. No.)
Submariner John Reginald Davis - born Dec 1891

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UK, Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920 about Fred Percival Singlicton Davis
Name: Fred Percival Singlicton Davis
Discharge Unit: Royal Garrison Artillery 81 Sge. By.
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Regimental Number: 130158<<<<<<<<<<<
Rank: Gunner
Badge Number: 441711
Piece: 2985
List Number: RGA 0401-0800
Record Group: WO
Record Class: 329

FMP has him as Fred Percy Singleton Davis service no 130158

Rank gunner
Badge no 441711

Discharge 21 August 1918

Silver war badge.
Age on discharge 36

Maurice.

try here

http://www.1914-1918.net/

it doesn't appear that records have survived for him :-(

perhaps not ..............


here's his Medal card from ancestry



UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 about Fred Percival Davis

Name: Fred Percival Davis
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Gunner
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: Royal Garrison Artillery
Regimental Number: 130158
Previous Units: Base Dtls. R.G.A. 130158 Gnr
Other Records: Search for 'Fred Percival Davis' in other WWI collections

well,



this is the first thing to show up for Frederick Percival Davis. Is it likely to be him???




Web: UK, Campaign Medals Awarded to WWI Merchant Seamen, 1914-1925

Name: Frederick Percival Davis
Birth Date: 1901
Birth Place: Swindon
Year Issued: 1914-1925
URL:



to find out any more you have to go to the site below .............. and it will cost £3.50 to download or view


http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8001744

Hi


I'll have a look


and no, it isn't very high!


The records were moved from the building in London where they had been kept to another London building "for safe keeping" at the start of WW2

that building was bombed

and the remaining records were moved out to Kew for the rest of the war


I was once told that there had also been a fire that had destroyed more of the records, others tell me that I am wrong in that belief



certainly one is very lucky if a record of any kind is found :-(

30% - that's not very high is it.

Frederick Percival Davis - # 130158

Maybe it isn't his service number :-( The 'Medal Index card" says Regtl. No.

there is .................... if it survived WW2


but only about 30% of the service mens' records did survive, and most of them are at the very least damaged.


Do you want to post his number and name, and I'll see what I can find.

Is there a way of finding the WW1 service record of a man on Ancestry? I have his service number. :-)