Walter George Davis
Place of birth: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Previous occupation: Errand Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: 234216
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (Able Seaman)
Left Hood: 31st August 1925 (Able Seaman)
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
4th July 1905 | 17th January 1906 | Impregnable | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
18th January 1906 | 23rd May 1906 | Impregnable | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
24th May 1906 | 9th September 1906 | Hogue | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
10th September 1906 | 30th September 1906 | Vivid I | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st October 1906 | 1st January 1907 | Empress of India | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
2nd January 1907 | 14th July 1907 | Hibernia | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th July 1907 | 4th December 1908 | Hibernia | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th December 1908 | 4th January 1909 | Hibernia | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th January 1909 | 16th January 1909 | Vivid | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th January 1909 | 18th January 1910 | Theseus | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
19th January 1910 | 9th February 1910 | Vivid | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
10th February 1910 | 18th May 1910 | Argyll | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd May 1910 | 8th July 1910 | Argyll | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd July 1910 | 2nd November 1910 | Argyll | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
16th January 1911 | 4th March 1912 | Argyll | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th March 1912 | 26th February 1913 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th February 1913 | 29th September 1913 | Suffolk | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd October 1913 | 28th October 1913 | Suffolk | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st November 1913 | 25th August 1916 | Suffolk | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
26th August 1916 | 2nd October 1916 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd October 1916 | 4th February 1918 | Centurion | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th February 1918 | 10th March 1918 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
11th March 1918 | 17th November 1918 | Diligence (Simoom) | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
18th November 1918 | 4th January 1919 | Diligence (Saumarez) | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th January 1919 | 28th February 1919 | Vivid II (Saumarez) | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st March 1919 | 30th September 1919 | Blake (Saumarez) | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st October 1919 | 2nd February 1920 | Apollo (Saumarez) | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd February 1920 | 16th March 1920 | Woolwich (Saumarez) | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th March 1920 | 26th April 1920 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th April 1920 | 14th September 1922 | Curlew | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th September 1922 | 26th October 1922 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th October 1922 | 2nd November 1922 | Britannia | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd November 1922 | 14th May 1923 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th May 1923 | 31st August 1925 | Hood | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st September 1925 | 4th November 1925 | Vivid I | Able Seaman | ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Memorials
No known memorials
No known memorials
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
ADM188/415 via WW1 Lives at Sea