George Rhys Davies

Birth Name Davies, George Rhys
Gramps ID I0047
Gender male
Age at Death 64 years

Notes

Note

TGEA < AMA: Their furniture was stored in Bradford during the war. Very accomplished pianist, played on the BBC with a violinist.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth [E0072] 1897 Swindon, Wiltshire Births says Q1 in registration district Highworth. Censuses say Swindon. 1 2 3 4
Residence [E0714] 3/3/1901 Studley House, 18a Upper Belgrave Road, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire JONESFAM: We were surprised to find also there, Anne's grandson, George Rhys Davies (Arthur's uncle), age 4, "Schoolboy". With the birth of his sister Nancy, Arthur's mother, expected only 4 months later, George had (presumably?) been sent to stay with grandma, leaving his mother Isabella Davies with only his 3 year-old brother John to look after. 4 5
Residence [E1072] 1911 59 Kent Road, Swindon, Wiltshire   2
Education [E1088] estimated between 1915 and 1916 Clare College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Maths, Third Wrangler (TGEA < AMA). But no entry in Carey's War list of the University of Cambridge 1914-1918, which covers "those who were Cambridge men at the time of their war service." TGEA suspects he went up in 1915, did well in his 1st year exams, left to join the army, and never returned. Truth may be found in the tin box and/or ‘The book of matriculations and degrees, 1912-42,’ held in the University Archives, classmark: UA Degr.41-3. 6
Occupation [E0974] estimated between 1916 and 1919 Mesopotamia South Staffordshire Regiment & Surrey Regiment. AMA, 2019: Ran away from 6th form (Cambridge?) to join up, partly to piss off his father Jonah. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29655/supplement/6732/data.pdf and https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29655/supplement/6733/data.pdf appear to show him being transferred from an officer cadet unit with the Surrey Regiment to be 2nd Lt in the S Staffs. He apparently served in the second Mesopotamian campaign. The National Archives page shows him as a Lieutenant with the S Staffs. 7 6 8a
Occupation [E1091] 3/9/1920   HM Assistant Inspector of Taxes in 1920. AMA says was with the Inland Revenue in London and/or Brighton for the rest of his working life. 9a 6
Death [E0073] 1961 Seaford, Sussex Registered Q2 Lewes. He died suddenly - heart attack or something. 1 10 6

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Jonah Rees Davies [I0041]1/11/187023/12/1951
Mother Isabella Massey [I0042]19/7/18681939
         George Rhys Davies 1897 1961
    Brother     John Davies [I0046] 1898 11/1940
    Sister     Nancy Isabella Davies [I0013] 27/7/1901 19/2/1984

Families

Family of George Rhys Davies and Mona Elaine Heyes [F0064]
Married Wife Mona Elaine Heyes [I0191] ( * 20/3/1902 + 1984 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage [E0941] 1923 Boulogne, France AMA, 2019 says it was designed in part to piss off Jonah: George and his lady went on holiday to France, and the family were much surprised to receive a picture postcard announcing that they had got married at the British Consulate at Boulogne. Date is DAVITREE. 6 11
Residence [E2173] estimated between 1945 and 1970 Bishopstone, Seaford, Sussex    

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