| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernest Davies | ||
| Date of birth | (1916-01-31)31 January 1916 | ||
| Place of birth | Heswall, England | ||
| Date of death | 17 August 1942(1942-08-17) (aged 26) | ||
| Place of death | SS Princess Marguerite, Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1935 | Heswall | ||
| 1936–1940 | Tranmere Rovers | 48 | (1) |
| 1939–1940 | York City | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ernest Davies (31 January 1916 – 17 August 1942) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers.
Personal life
Davies served as a corporal in the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) during the Second World War. He enlisted in 1940 and was deployed overseas c. December 1941. Davies was killed aboard the troopship SS Princess Marguerite when it was sunk by U-83 on 17 August 1942. His body was never recovered, and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Tranmere Rovers | 1936–37 | Third Division North | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 1937–38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1938–39 | Second Division | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 1939–40 | Third Division North | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Career total | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 2 | ||
References
- ^ Ernie Davies at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ "Casualty Details: Ernest Davies". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- "Ranger's Notes on Sports". Liverpool Echo. 8 September 1942 – via newspapers.com.
- Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4.
- "Regimental History – 20th Century Second World War 1939-1945 – 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, Lancaster – HMT Princess Marguerite torpedoed". King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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- 1916 births
- 1942 deaths
- People from Heswall
- Sportspeople from Wirral
- Footballers from Merseyside
- Men's association football wing halves
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Heswall F.C. players
- Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
- York City F.C. players
- Tranmere Rovers F.C. wartime guest players
- King's Own Royal Regiment soldiers
- British Army personnel killed in World War II
- Deaths due to shipwreck at sea
- Military personnel from Merseyside
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football midfielder, 1910s birth stubs