# Joseph John Davies

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British Victoria Cross recipient (1889–1976)

Joseph John Davies VC Born 28 April 1889 Tipton, Staffordshire, England Died 16 February 1976(1976-02-16) (aged 86) Bournemouth, Dorset, England Allegiance United Kingdom Branch British Army Rank Staff-Sergeant Unit Royal Welch Fusiliers Herefordshire Regiment Conflicts First World War Awards Victoria Cross Order of St. George (Russia)

[Staff-Sergeant](/source/Staff_sergeant) **Joseph John Davies** [VC](/source/Victoria_Cross) (28 April 1889 − 16 February 1976) was a [British Army](/source/British_Army) soldier and a British recipient of the [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross) (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations) forces.

## Biography

Memorial to Joseph Davies, Delville Wood

Joseph John Davies was born in [Tipton](/source/Tipton) on 28 April 1889.[1]

He was 27 years old, and a [corporal](/source/Corporal) in the 10th Battalion, [Royal Welsh Fusiliers](/source/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers), [British Army](/source/British_Army) during the [First World War](/source/World_War_I) when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 20 July 1916 at [Delville Wood](/source/Delville_Wood), France, prior to an attack on the enemy, Corporal Davies and eight men became separated from the rest of the company. When the enemy delivered their second counterattack, the party was completely surrounded, but Corporal Davies got his men into a shell hole and by throwing bombs and opening rapid fire he succeeded in routing the attackers, and even followed and bayoneted them in their retreat.[2]

He later achieved the rank of [staff-sergeant](/source/Staff-Sergeant). After demobilisation from the Regular Army he joined the 1st Battalion, [The Herefordshire Regiment](/source/Herefordshire_Light_Infantry), [Territorial Army](/source/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)) (TA) regiment, until the mid 1920s.

He died on 16 February 1976.[3]

His VC is displayed at the [Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum](/source/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers_Museum) in [Caernarfon Castle](/source/Caernarfon_Castle), Gwynedd, Wales.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-VCandDSO_1-0)** [Creagh, O'Moore](/source/O'Moore_Creagh); Humphris, E. M., eds. (1924). [*The V.C. and D.S.O.*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UIosmy8NRwQC&pg=PA220) Vol. I. London: The Standard Art Book Company. p. 220. Retrieved 26 March 2025 – via Google Books.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["No. 29765"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29765/supplement/9418). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)* (Supplement). 26 September 1916. p. 9418.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Mr Joseph Davies, VC"](https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS288718425/TTDA). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. No. 59637. London. 25 February 1976. p. 17. Retrieved 26 March 2025 – via The Times Digital Archive.

## Bibliography

- Gliddon, Gerald (2011) [1991]. *Somme 1916*. [VCs of the First World War](/source/VCs_of_the_First_World_War). [The History Press](/source/The_History_Press). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7524-6303-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7524-6303-2).

## External links

- [Location of grave and VC medal](https://web.archive.org/web/20041027213327/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/dorset.htm) (Dorset)

v t e Royal Welsh Predecessors 1st generation Royal Welch Fusiliers (1689–2006) South Wales Borderers (1689–1969) 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot (1719–1881) 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot (1756–1881) 2nd generation Welch Regiment (1881–1969) 3rd generation Royal Regiment of Wales (1969–2006) Victoria Cross William Wilson Allan David Bell Gonville Bromhead Edward Stevenson Browne Alexander Cobbe Nevill Coghill William Griffiths Frederick Hitch Alfred Henry Hook Dudley Graham Johnson William Jones Teignmouth Melvill Ivor Rees John Williams John Henry Williams Angus Buchanan James Cooper Campbell Mellis Douglas James Fynn Edric Gifford Robert Jones Thomas Murphy Albert White Ambrose Madden Hugh Rowlands William Charles Fuller Hubert William Lewis Edgar Myles Tasker Watkins Frederick Barter Edward William Derrington Bell John Collins James Llewellyn Davies Joseph John Davies Charles Doughty-Wylie Albert Hill George Monger Luke O'Connor Henry Weale Thomas Bernard Hackett Robert Shields William Henry Thomas Sylvester William Herbert Waring See also Battle of Rorke's Drift Prince of Wales's feathers Men of Harlech Firing Line Prince of Wales' Division Welsh Guards 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards

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