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VC681 Richard Bell-Davies
BORN 19 May 1886
DIED 26 February 1966 AGE 79
VC Won 19 November 1915 AGE 29
Place VC Won Ferrijik Juction, Bulgaria
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Richard Bell-Davies No.
VC Issue No. 681 Awards VC CB DSO AFC
Regiment Royal Navy, No. 3 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service
Later
Now Royal Navy
Rank VC Won Squadron Commander
Rank End Of Career Vice Admiral
Place Of Birth 3 Topstone Road (changed to 3 Nevern Place, 1907), Earl's Court, Kensington, London, England
Place Of Death Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Buried at sea from the Admiral's launch off the Nab Tower (viewable from West Channel), Hampshire, England
Cremated South Stoneham Crematorium, Swaythling, Southampton, Hampshire, England
Date Buried/Cremated 3 March 1966
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 1 January 1916
VC Presented 15 April 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on RAF Memorial at St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
P Named on VC Memorial, St Bartholomews Church, Yeovilton, Somerset
P Bell Davies Road, Fareham, Hampshire
P Bell Davies Drive, Manston, Kent
P Bell Davies Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex
P Named on VC Memorial, Royal Naval & Royal Aalbert Yacht Club, Pembroke Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire
By The Way…
He joined the Navy at the age of fifteen and spent forty years in the senior service
VC Held By
Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset, England
