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Description: | 14 letters and 1 postcard (26pp) written by various correspondents both during and after the First World War concerning his service as a corporal in the 11th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment (Divisional Pioneer Battalion, 30th Division) in France, and as a prisoner of war in Germany, from March 1918 until the end of the war, including a letter to his mother from his commanding officer informing her that Davies is missing, presumed killed, and describing his gallant actions in distracting the enemy allowing the rest of the battalion to escape (24 March 1918) for which he was later awarded the Victoria Cross, official letters relating his movements as a POW, photocopies of a letter from HM King George V welcoming him home after his incarceration, letters of congratulations on winning the VC and three letters from the family of Captain H A Hodges who was killed on 24 March 1918 thanking him for the details he provided of Hodges’ death. Also a brief ts account (2pp) written by him ca 1929 describing his capture by the Saxon Regiment, living conditions in prisoner of war camps, his thoughts on receiving the VC and life after the Armistice when many German troops revolted (November 1918). Together with certificates for his VC; demobilisation certificates; coronation medal certificates; a copy of his birth certificate; a number of newspaper and magazine articles relating to the award of his VC; letters, programmes and souvenirs from Victoria Cross holder events in 1920, 1929, 1946 and 1956; 4 photos of Davies, 1 photograph of Captain Hodges and 5 group photographs from Victoria Cross holder events.
Cataloguer SMR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 11th Battalion British Army 30th Division South Lancashire Regiment | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Davies, John Thomas | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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