Family Search: Private William Griffith Davies was born on 24 April 1886, in London, England, United Kingdom as the son of William Richard Davies and Caroline Callard. He lived in Islington St Bartholomew, London, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Middlesex, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 29, his occupation is listed as electric lineman. He died on 13 April 1916, in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium, at the age of 29, and was buried in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
Davies, William Griffith: Service no. 54292. Photograph contributed by John P. Sargent via 18th Battalion Facebook Group post.
There is a stone marker commemorating this soldier at the grave of his parents in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London Ontario. The stone was placed their by his friends following the war and reads as follows:
He was a chum of ours; One of the best we knew; He would meet us with a [cheery] Hello, in the trenches as we were marching through; He was one of the best to a pal out of luck; The best at playing the game; He gave up his life for those at home; So I’ll take off my hat to his name.
William G. Davies, Egerton Street, Succumbs to Wounds
A telegram addressed to his gather, Mr. Richard Davies, of — Egerton street, announces that Pte. William G. Davies, infantry, died of wounds at No. 17 Casualty Clearing Station on April 13. Pte. Davies for some time previous was editorial messenger on The London Advertiser.
London Free Press, April 25, 1916
London Advertiser. June 3,0 1916. Page 3.
“Died of Wounds” (Gunshot Wound Head) at No. 17 Casualty Clearing Station.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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