B621145 Herbert Edward Davies was born in Toronto, Ontario on 8 April 1916, the son of John Sturton Davies and Rose Ethel Gowin. He had one brother who also served in the army and left school at 16 having completed grade 9.

He worked as a greens keeper at Humber Valley Golf Course when he enlisted under the National Resources Mobilization Act on 2 June 1942. On completing the required four months of training he was posted to the Brockville Rifles and then transferred to the Rocky Mountain Rifles on 14 June 1943. He then proceeded on special duties to Kiska, Alaska for 6 months. On 25 April 1944, he was transferred to the Oxford Rifles.

Davies arrived in the United Kingdom on 10 January 1945 and was posted to a reinforcement unit before being taken on strength with The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada.

Rifleman Davies was killed in action on 31 March 1945 in The Netherlands and is buried in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, grave reference XX. B. 6.