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Cpl. Richard Llewellyn Davies
British Army 9th Btn. Welsh Fusiliers
from:Hollybush, Mon
Richard Davies left his native village of Hollybush in the Sirhowy Valley Monmouthshire on the morning of the 5th of August 1914. Three times wounded and twice gassed he survived the whole of the main battles of the Western Front and returned home in January 1919. Of the nine volunteers that left the village with him, he was the only one to return home in 1919.
Dick Davies served firstly in the Monmouthshire Regiment and transferred to 9th Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Sept 1916 on the Ancre. He fought in all future major battles with 9th Btn, see his book 'Never so Innocent Again' Published again last year, with much detail of times, places and personalities regarding this fine fighting battalion. This was the chosen title after the diarist Richard Llewellyn Davies often used the expression to relate to his service. "I was never so innocent again after that bloody lot" He often said that.
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