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Mook War Cemetery - Patrick Gordon Davies

  He was only 17 and a half when he joined the Welsh Guards, 1 st Battalion 1943. Guardsman Patrick Gordon Davies was the son of Gordon Lloyd and Helen Davies Gordon married Helen Bain in 1924 at Birmingham South, Warwickshire. Gordon Lloyd is recorded in both the 1901 and 1911 censuses. In 1901, the Davies family lived at 1 Malvern Terrace. Llewellyn Davies, 39, was a Chief Sanitary Inspector. He was born in Hirwain, Breconshire, and Elizabeth, 39, was born in Newport. 1901 Census Their children were William Llewellyn Probert Davies, 15; Ida Gwendoline Probert Davies, 11; Benjamin Frederick Davies, 6 and 10-month-old Gordon Lloyd.  The three older children were born in Cardiff, whilst Gordon was born in Swansea. By the 1911 Census, the family was residing at 28 Brynymor Crescent. 1911 Census Llewellyn Davies, 47, is still employed as Chief Sanitary Inspector.  Elizabeth is 46.  Ida Gwendoline, 21, and 10-year-old Gordon are the only children still living at home. Benjamin emigrated t

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