Hugh Davies
Hugh Davies (1893-1924)
1924 Obituary [1]
HUGH DAVIES was born in London on 22nd July 1893, and died at Simla, India, on 2nd July 1924, in his thirty-first year.
He was educated at the Rutlish School, Merton, and at the Wimbledon Technical Institute during his apprenticeship with Messrs. Hesse and Savory. His progress at the Institute was so rapid that the Surrey Education Committee awarded him a special grant which enabled him to enter the East London Technical College. Whilst there he was successful in gaining a Royal Scholarship and a Whitworth Exhibition, but was unable to make use of them owing to the outbreak of war.
In September 1914 he enlisted in the 5th East Surrey Regiment and went at once to India, being engaged on the N.W. Frontier.
In November 1916 he obtained a Commission in the Indian Army, and was attached to the 3rd Sappers and Miners.
Early in 1917 he went to East Africa as C.O. of his Company, and in charge of No. 5 Bridge Train.
Returning to India he was released from the Army in October 1919, and immediately obtained a post with the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway as assistant locomotive superintendent, being in charge of the Moradabad District at the time of his death.
He became an Associate Member of this Institution in 1920.