WILLIAM ALBERT SOMERSET HERBERT KEVILL-DAVIES
Location:
St Michael and All Angels Church
(in the grounds of Croft Castle)
Croft
Herefordshire
HR6 9PW
Details on cross:
GRU
LIEUT W A S H KEVILL DAVIES
9-RES CAN REGT ATTD 9-LANCERS
18-5-15
Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): GRU tags, stamped metal strips
Cross dimensions (millimetres please)
Shaft Height: not known
Cross beam width: not known
Width of wood: not known
Thickness or depth: not known
Other information
Mounting to wall: Nailed
Detailing: None
Evidence of use in field (earth marking, cracking, staining, shrinkage): roughly sawn base
Surface insertion depth (into ground if apparent): None
Finish (varnish, paint, oiled, unfinished etc): unfinished
Condition (cracked, paint peeling, woodwork, damage etc): ok
From CWGC
KEVILL-DAVIES, WILLIAM ALBERT SOMERSET
Rank: Lieutenant
Date of Death: 15/05/1915
Age: 38
Regiment/Service: 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers
Grave Reference: I. C. 143.
Cemetery: BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD
Additional Information: Herbert. Son of Capt. W. Kevill-Davies (17th Lancers), of Crort Castle; husband of Dorothy Kevill-Davies (nee Lacon), of Croft Castle, Herefordshire. Served with 7th Hussars in the South African Campaign.
There is a memorial window and plaque in St Mary’s Church in Croft dedicated to him, the plaque reads:
THE EAST WINDOW
IN THIS CHURCH
IS TO THE MEMORY OF
W. A. S. HERBERT KEVILL-DAVIES
OF CROFT CASTLE
7TH HUSSARS, ATTACHED
9TH LANCERS, WHO DIED
OF WOUNDS RECEIVED
AT YPRES, BELGIUM
MAY 15TH IN HIS
38TH YEAR
ERECTED BY HIS
WIFE AND CHILDREN
Survey and photographs courtesy of Kathryn White
Date of survey:10/12/2016