Jenkin Henry Davies

Rank:

Seaman

Unit at enlistment:

H.M.S. Conqueror

Force:

R.N.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Park Baptist Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Berkshire

Birth city:

Theal

Address at enlistment:

25 Murray Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Ilford, Essex, England

Trade or calling:

Schoolmaster

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX August 16, 1917

Brantford Man on Battleship - Jenkin Davies is Chief Petty Officer of H.M.S. Conqueror

Among Brantford's representatives on H.M. navy is Jenkin Davies, whose brother, Ivor Davies, enlisted with the 114th being now in France with the 52nd Canadians. Jenkin Davies made Brantford his home before the war, boarding with Mr. and Mrs. William Russell, 25 Murray Street, while employed at the office of the Verity Plow Company. For three years prior to the war he was a student at McMaster University, spending his summers in the west. He returned to England in November 1915, and enlisted in the Royal navy, being now a chief petty officer on H.M.S. Conqueror, a super dreadnought. He intends to return to Canada after the war.