James Llewellyn Davies VC (16 March 1886 – 31 July 1917) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
[1] As a corporal in the 13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (part of the 38th (Welsh) Division), he performed a deed on 31 July 1917 at Polygon Wood, Pilckem Ridge, Belgium which won him the Victoria Cross.
Davies, although wounded, then led a bombing party to the assault of a defended house, and killed a sniper who was harassing his platoon.
[2]On 20 October 1917, the King presented Corporal Davies' Victoria Cross to his widow and his eldest son.
He was buried in Canada Farm Cemetery (Plot II, B.18), Ypres, Belgium.