The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Lieut. Cecil Conway Davies
Soldiers of the First World War database entry - C.C. Davies
Service:
- Prior service: McGill C.O.T.C., Dec 1914 to Dec 1915
- Attested for 5th Overseas Universities Company 6 Dec 1915; regimental number 487333
- England, Mar 1916 to May 1916
- France, Jun 1916 to Sep 1916 with the P.P.C.L.I.
- Returned to England for Commission.
- Commissioned 20 Nov 1916
- Transferred to the 3rd Canadian Entrenching Battalion, 2 Dec 1916
- France, 25 Nov 1916 to 9 Apr 1917 with The R.C.R.
- Joined The R.C.R., 3 Jan 1917
- Wounded in action at Vimy Ridge, 9 Apr 1917
- Evacuated, 9 Apr 1917
- Rejoined The R.C.R. from C.C.R.C., 23 May 1918
- Courses:
- France - Sniping Course, 1st Army School
- Lewis Gun, Revolver, Gas, Physical Training, Musketry, Bombing; No. 2 School of Instruction, Bedford, England
- SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 12 JUNE, 1919; Nova Scotia Regt. - Temp. Lt. C.C. Davies retires in the British Isles. 26 May 1919.
Date of Birth - 8 Jul 1890
• Rogue Papers
• Tactical Primers
• The Regimental Library
• Quotes
• Battle Honours
• Perpetuation of the CEF
• The RCR in the First World War
• Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
• Badges of The RCR
• A Miscellany
• The Senior Subaltern
• The Frontenac Times
• Site Map
• e-mail
The RCR in the Great War
War Diary
Battle Honours
Battle Bars and The RCR
The RCR Battle Bar Ledger (pdf)
Honours and Awards
Roll of Honour
Prisoners of War
Cemetery List
Cemetery Map
Courts Martial
Officers
RSMs of The RCR (1914-1919)
NCOs and Soldiers
An Officer's Diary (1914-1918)
Recollections of a Nonagenerian (R. England) (1916-1919)
On to Bermuda (1914-15)
Overseas with The Royals (1915)
Regimental History Pamphlet (1917)
Amiens (1918)
Cambrai (1918)
Monchy-le-Preux (1918)
Badges - Signs of the Times
Under-aged Soldiers in The RCR
Not All Were Volunteers; The RCR and the Military Service Act
Sentenced to Death by Court Martial
The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
A Regimental Goat
Regiment and Family, Bermuda 1914-15
