William Davies papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection EP 014
Dates of Creation
- 1916-1987
Name of Creator
- Davies, William Thomas
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 box; manuscript, typescript, photographs, postcards, press cuttings, and printed material. Includes a Christmas card and name badges.

Scope and Content

Officer's record of services book (8 June 1919); Imperial Camel Corps Christmas card (December 1918); Imperial Camel Corps sports programme (23-24 December 1918); Imperial Camel Corps Old Comrades' Association (No. 10 Company) Christmas card from 'Rory' (Laurence Moore) (nd); 2 Imperial Camel Corps Old Comrades' Association (No. 10 Company) reunion dinner menus, autographed (13 June 1967, nd); 4 Imperial Camel Corps Old Comrades' Association (No. 10 Company) reunion luncheon menus, two autographed (7 Oct 1970, 14 June 1972); 3 Imperial Camel Corps Old Comrades' Association (No. 10 Company) name badges (nd); Manuscript letter from 'Rory' (Laurence Moore), written on Imperial Camel Corps Old Comrades' Association (No. 10 Company) paper (30 November 1970); Press cuttings (23 July 1921, 14 June 1967, nd); Typescript letter from the Imperial War Museum, London (11 December 1970); 22 Imperial Camel Corps Old Comrades' Association newsletters, "Barrack", Nos. 2-11, 13-22 and 24-25 (May 1967-December 1973); Shropshire Yeomanry record of service, 1914-1919 (29 November 1919); 2 letters to Peter Liddle (19 December 1986, 14 October 1987); Letter from the War Office regarding commission (16 December 1920); Commission certificate (28 January 1918); 9 typescript letters from the Imperial Camel Corps Old Comrades' Association (No. 10 Company) (20 May 1967-10 October 1970); Manuscript notes (ca. 1969); Manuscript letter from Joe Lyall (27 December 1967); 2 manuscript letters from Geoffrey Inchbold (14 October 1970, 5 January 1971); Manuscript letter from Arthur Milward (21 December 1969); Photograph, with enlarged copy and related correspondence with the Imperial War Museum, London (nd, 2 December 1970-7 December 1971); Imperial Camel Corps Old Comrades' Association (No. 10 Company) accounts sheet (October 1970); 29 picture postcards (nd); 178 photographs (1916-1918, nd).

Administrative / Biographical History

William Thomas Davies, born in 1891, was a 2nd Lieutenant, later Lieutenant, in the Shropshire Yeomanry from February 1910 to March 1917, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, March-December 1917, and Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, attached to the Imperial Camel Corps, No. 10 Company, from December 1917, and served in Egypt/Palestine. He was awarded the MC (Military Cross) on 10 September 1918 for the assault on Mudawara.