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
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SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES
Survey and photographs courtesy of Kathryn White
Date of survey:10/12/2016