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ADX/375: Daniel Harton Davies


Photograph album containing photographs and other details of the wartime career of Sgt. Major Daniel Harton Davies, including his incarceration in a prisoner of war camp in Germany. His letters are to his wife Edyth Anna Davies, of The Eagle, Castle Street, Cardigan. They married in 1915 and their son David Eldred was born in 1918.

Catalogue

c. 1914 - 1919

When appropriate, both sides of the items have been scanned

Click through the thumbnails for captions.


ADX/375/1
ADX/375/1
Postcard, sent from Ypres, of a studio portrait of two soldiers in uniform. Back has a message of congratulations signed 'Tommy'. 14 September 1917

ADX/375/1 reverse
ADX/375/1 reverse

ADX/375/2
ADX/375/2
Photograph of five soldiers outside a dug-out on the front line during the First World War.

ADX/375/3
ADX/375/3
Studio photograph of four First World War soldiers in uniform

ADX/375/4
ADX/375/4
Studio photograph of a First World War soldier in uniform

ADX/375/5
ADX/375/5
Studio photograph of a First World War soldier in uniform

ADX/375/6
ADX/375/6
Studio photograph of a First World War soldier in uniform

ADX/375/7
ADX/375/7
Photograph of five soldiers in a prisoner of war camp.

ADX/375/8
ADX/375/8
Studio photograph of a First World War soldier in uniform

ADX/375/9
ADX/375/9
Studio photograph of a First World War soldier in uniform

ADX/375/10
ADX/375/10
Studio photograph of a man in civilian dress, 18 June 1918

ADX/375/10 reverse
ADX/375/10 reverse

ADX/375/11
ADX/375/11
Postcard of a Welsh regiment with 'Cymru am Byth' painted on the wall behind them, sent to Mrs D. H. Davies of The Eagle, Cardigan.

ADX/375/12
ADX/375/12
Photograph labelled �Peace proclamation, Cardigan, 1919�

ADX/375/13
ADX/375/13
Photograph of a soldier in a kilt.

ADX/375/14
ADX/375/14
Postcard of a prisoner of war camp near Altdamm, Germany, where Sergeant Major Harton Davies of Cardigan was held, 1918

ADX/375/15
ADX/375/15
Postcard showing Major Harton Davies (bottom left) and six other soldiers in a German prisoner of war camp.

ADX/375/16
ADX/375/16
Postcard of a prisoner of war camp in Germany, where Sergeant Major Harton Davies of Cardigan was held, 1918

ADX/375/17
ADX/375/17
Postcard of a prisoner of war camp near Altdamm, Germany, where Sergeant Major Harton Davies of Cardigan was held, 1918

ADX/375/18
ADX/375/18
Postcard of Amiens Cathedral. Back is blank.

ADX/375/19
ADX/375/19
Studio photograph of a First World War soldier in uniform

ADX/375/20
ADX/375/20
Postcard addressed to Mrs. Davies, The Eagle, Cardigan from L. C. Cole-Hamilton. 1918

ADX/375/20 reverse
ADX/375/20 reverse

ADX/375/21, layout of page
ADX/375/21, layout of page

ADX/375/21/1
ADX/375/21/1
Two soldiers

ADX/375/21/2
ADX/375/21/2
Two soldiers

ADX/375/21/3
ADX/375/21/3
Two soldiers

ADX/375/21/4
ADX/375/21/4
Another copy of ADX/375/2, above

ADX/375/21/5
ADX/375/21/5
Newspaper cutting mentioning members of the Police Force (fighting in the war, and Daniel Harton Davies who was a policeman's son and joined the police force himself. He eventually attained the rank of Police Inspector

ADX/375/21/6
ADX/375/21/6
Newspaper cutting about Sec. Lt. E.H. Gunter Jones awarded a medal for 'cool gallantry'

ADX/375/21/7
ADX/375/21/7
Newspaper cutting with local Beulah news about Sgt. David Davies being home on leave from the front

ADX/375/21/8
ADX/375/21/8
Newpaper cutting about the death in the war of Seaman Llewelyn Morgan of Cardigan.

ADX/375/21/9
ADX/375/21/9
Newspaper cutting about Lt. Col. Cole-Hamolton, Chief Constable of Breconshire, being mentioned in dispatches

ADX/375/21/10
ADX/375/21/10
Newspaper cutting: announcement of the baptism of David Eldred, son of Daniel and Edyth.

ADX/375/22
ADX/375/22
Letter from the Territorial Force Association to Mrs D. H. Davies, informing her that her separation payment will continue despite her husband, Sgt. D. H. Davies, being reported missing in action. 16 May 1918

ADX/375/23
ADX/375/23
Official notification form sent to Mrs G. Davies, The Eagle, Castle Street, Cardigan, stating that her husband, D. H. Davies has been reported missing in action. 16 Feburary 1918

ADX/375/24
ADX/375/24
Postcard from Sgt. Daniel Harton Davies to his wife in Cardigan informing her that he is well, but a Prisoner of War in Germany. 21 March 1918

ADX/375/25
ADX/375/25
Telegram to Mrs. Davies from Sgt. D. H. Davies, sent from Copenhagen, saying �Left Germany arrive home in ten days�. 2 December 1918

ADX/375/26
ADX/375/26
Telegram to Mrs Davies from Sgt. D. H. Davies, sent from Leith, saying �arrived Scotland home four days�. 14 December 1918

ADX/375/27 page 1
ADX/375/27 page 1
Letter from Sgt. D. H. Davies, to his wife Edyth, sent from a Danish military camp. The letter is to inform his wife he is on his way home, and includes his joy at having some eggs. 2 December 1918

ADX/375/27 page 2
ADX/375/27 page 2

ADX/375/27 page 3
ADX/375/27 page 3

ADX/375/28
ADX/375/28
Letter from the King welcoming the soldiers home. 1918

ADX/375/29
ADX/375/29
Letter from the Town Clerk, Cardigan, inviting Sgt. D. H. Davies to lunch with the mayor to be followed by a presentation on his safe return from captivity. 7 January 1919

ADX/375/30
ADX/375/30
Letter from the mayor and mayoress of Cardigan, welcoming Sgt. D. H. Davies home. 8 January 1919

ADX/375/31 page 1
ADX/375/31 page 1
Programme for an Advent event held in Denmark, 1918 (presumably just after Daniel Harton Davies' release from a POW camp)

ADX/375/31 page 2
ADX/375/31 page 2

ADX/375/31 page 3
ADX/375/31 page 3

ADX/375/31 page 4
ADX/375/31 page 4

ADX/375/32
ADX/375/32
A police/military procession through ?Cardigan, c. 1919

ADX/375/33
ADX/375/33
Newspaper cutting showing a map of the battle line at the Somme. c. 1916

ADX/375/34
ADX/375/34
Newspaper cutting showing cannons, dead horses and soldiers on the front line during First World War

ADX/375/36
ADX/375/36
Postcard of Winchester from St. Giles' Hill


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