Richard Lewis Davies – West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)
Private Richard Lewis Davies – West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Richard Lewis Davies was born in 1894 in Swansea , the son of David John Davies and Margaret Thomas . His childhood unfolded in the mining districts of Llangefelach Road and Forest Fach, where the Davies family lived among colliery drivers, underground labourers, and school‑age children typical of early‑20th‑century Swansea’s industrial communities. Family Life 1901 Census The 1901 Census records the Davies household at 24 Llangefelach Road, Swansea , where David J. Davies , aged 32, worked as a Colliery Driver , and his wife Margaret , aged 30 and born in Carmarthenshire, managed a growing family. Their children present were David , 8; Richard , 7; Walter , 4; Mary H. , 3; Zachariah , 2; and William Edward , 4 months. The census depicts a young household with several small children and a father employed in the demanding underground work of the South Wales coalfield. 1911 Census By the 1911 Census , the f...
