Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,702 pages of information and 247,104 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Godfrey Davis (1890-1961)

From Graces Guide

Godfrey Davis of Godfrey Davis (of New Bond Street) and Godfrey Davis Ltd

1890 Born in Pontypridd[1]

1911 Grocery Assistant boarding in Sevenoaks[2]

WWI Served as NCO; became a pilot in RFC

Post-WWI went into business selling and hiring cars

1923 Godfrey Davis Ltd was liquidated.

1929 Presumably set up a new company for hiring cars, Miles Hire.

1939 Managing Director Motor Car Hire Company, lived in Westminster with Enid G M Davis (b.1907)[3]

1961 Died in London aged 71

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Aug. 22, 1961
  2. 1911 census
  3. 1939 register