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Dauber, John Addison Grant, son of John Henry Dauber, M.B., F.R.C.S., of Mayfair, by Margaret Isabel, daughter of Col. Addison Potter, C. B., of Heaton Hall, Northumberland; b. Jan. 10, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left July 1919; entered the employ of the Gas Light and Coke Co.; m. April 26, 1947, Hilary Grey, daughter of George Grey Turner, F.R.C.S., of Huntercombe Manor, Berks, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, London Univ.; d. 19 Apr. 1981.

Daus, Edward Herbert, son of Robert Daus of Hampstead and Katherine Mary Gertrude, d. of Anthony Klimek of Hamburg, Germany; b. 30 Dec. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left Dec. 1941; Fordham Univ., NY, USA, BSc 1953; Cordi, Durrant & Murray Ltd. 1946-9 and after 1954; French American Banking Corpn., New York, 1949-51; Chase National Bank 1951-2; resident Bradenton, FL, USA; d. 6 Dec. 1996.

Davidson, Archer Grant, son of Alexander Gordon Davidson, M. D., of Tarkwa, Gold Coast Colony, West Africa, by Jane Napier, daughter of Richard Robb Grant, of Glasgow; b. Oct. 27, 1902; adm. May 2, 1917 (R); left July 1919; in the employment of the African and Eastern Trading Co. Ltd., at Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana.

Davidson-Houston, Wilfred Edmond Clear, elder son of Lieut.-Col. Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston, C.M.G., by Annie Henrietta, only daughter of E. Langley Hunt, of co. Limerick; b. Sept. 1, 1901; adm. May 4, 1916 (R); left March 1918; 2nd Lieut. R. Berks Regt. Aug. 31, 1922; Lieut. Aug. 31, 1924; served with the Waziristan Expedition 1923-4; seconded W. African Frontier Force 1926-32; Capt. Feb. 28, 1935; Major Aug. 31, 1939; temp. Lieut.-Col. 1942; mentioned in despatches (Persia and Iraq) L. G. Dec. 30, 1941, Aug. 5 and Dec. 25, 1943; retired with hon. rank of Lieut.-Col. April 7, 1948; m. June 1, 1941, Vernie Agnete, only daughter of Noel Pinkston O'Reilly-Blackwood, M.B.E., of Famagusta, Cyprus; d. 18 Oct. 1978.

Davies, Kenneth Frederick, son of Frederick Albert Davies of Beaconsfield, and Ellen Florence, d. of Alfred George Phillips of Devonport; b. 16 Dec. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (R); left Dec. 1936; RAF in WW2 (Corpl Armourer); lost in HM Minelayer Welshman (Med.) 1 Feb. 1943.

Kenneth Frederick Davies was born at Acton, Middlesex on the 16th of December 1918 the son of Frederick Albert Davies, secretary to a public company, and Ellen Florence (nee Phillips) Davies of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. He was christened at St Martin’s Church, West Acton on the 21st of June 1919. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1932 to December 1936. On leaving school he worked as an Assistant Transport Superintendant and lodged at 9, Nevern Square, Kensington in London.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as an armourer and rose to the rank of Corporal.
In January 1943, Kenneth Davies boarded the cruiser minelayer HMS Welshman (M84) , under the command of Captain William Howard Dennis Friedberger DSO RN, which was transporting men and stores from Malta to Tobruk. At 5.45pm on the 1st of February 1943, HMS Welshman was struck by two torpedoes from of a spread of four which had been fired by the U Boat U-617, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Albrecht Brandt. The main deck area flooded and she capsized and sank two hours later with the loss of 163 of her passengers and crew. Several of the casualties were caused by exploding depth charges as she sank. 118 survivors were picked up after five hours in the water by the destroyers HMS Tetcott and HMS Belvoir and were taken to Alexandria. A further 6 survivors were rescued by small craft which had sailed out from Tobruk.
He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial Panel 9, Column 2.

Davis, Colin Charles Houghton, son of Sydney Charles Houghton Davis (qv); b. 29 July 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (R); left July 1949; Central Lond. Poly., AIL (French); an internat. racing driver; 1st in Targa Florio, Italy with Baron A. Pucci (Porsche) 1964; 1st in Le Mans, France 24hr Index of Performance with de Tomaso (OSCA) 1958, and with Siffert (Porsche) 1966; retd. from motor sport 1967; radio broadcaster, Cape Town, South Africa; m. 6 Aug. 1964 Eva Maria, d. of Oscar Francis Schnitzer, of Kensington; d. 19 Dec. 2012.

Davis, Robin Tullidge, son of Edgar Tullidge Davis, HM Parkside Sch. E. Horsley, Surrey, and Maude Beatrice, d. of William Macdonald Matthews of Tunbridge Wells; b. 12 July 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (R); left July 1934; Nat. Coal Board 1947-73; bursar Parkside Sch. 1974-82; d. June 1987.

Davis, Sydney Charles Houghton, son of Edward Charles Davis, of South Kensington, by Georgina Mary Fielding; b. Jan. 9, 1887; adm. May 6, 1897 (R); left July 1903; apprenticed in the Daimler Works 1903-7; a racing motorist; served in Great Wars I and II; Lieut. R. N. V. R. (Armoured Car Section) June 15, 1916; Lieut. R. A. O. C. April 3, 1940; transferred to R.E. M. E.; Major; mentioned in despatches (N. W. Europe) L. G. May 10, 1945; author of Motor Racing (1932), Rallies and Trials (1935), Great British Drivers (1960) and other works on motoring subjects; m. 1st June 16, 1917, Rosamund Sylvia Evelyn, sister of Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard (q.v.); 2nd 1956, Susanna, daughter of Jack Leo Aubrey-Hall, engineer, of Worcester; d. 9 Jan. 1981.

Davison, Alan Ford, son of Eric Alan Davison MD FRCS (Ed), surgeon, of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, and Alice Davison; b. 13 Nov. 1928; adm. Sept. 1943 (R); left July 1946; Univ. of Lond. and Queen’s Univ. Belfast, BSc; AMICE; professional engineer, Ontario, Canada; man. dir. Davison Construction Ltd. 1964; d. Aug. 2006.