Thomas Percival's Story.
Birkenhead News 28 September 1918KILLED IN ACTION.
Sergt. T. P. Davies, K.L.R., attached to the K.O.Y.L.I., killed in action on Sept. 10th 1918, joined on the outbreak of war, and during three years in France was thrice wounded and gassed. His officer says he led his platoon in the coolest manner possible. He was shot through the head by a sniper just after the attack and killed instantly. Sergeant Davies was educated at the Liverpool Collegiate School, and his home was the Grand Trunk Hotel, Birkenhead Park.
The above newspaper article reports Thomas Davies’ date of death as 10th September however military records state the date as 9th September 1918
Thomas Davies’ photograph and newspaper article by Chris Booth.