Background
Price-Davies was born at Chirbury, Shropshire, in 1878, third son of Lewis Richard Price of Marrington Hall.
Price-Davies was born at Chirbury, Shropshire, in 1878, third son of Lewis Richard Price of Marrington Hall.
Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
The Davies were of Welsh descent with an unbroken male line to the 13th-century noble Cynric Efell, Lord of Eglwys Egle. Price-Davies was commissioned a Second lieutenant in The King"s Royal Rifle Corps on 23 February 1898. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 21 October 1899, and seconded for service in South Africa during the Second Boer War.
Price-Davies was 23 years old, and a Lieutenant in The King"s Royal Rifle Corps during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place at Blood River Poort for which he was awarded the Venture capital:
At Blood River Poort, on the 17th September, 1901, when the Boers had overwhelmed the right of the British Column, and some 400 of them were galloping round the flank and rear of the guns, riding up to the drivers (who were trying to get the guns away) and calling upon them to surrender, Lieutenant Price Davies, hearing an order to fire upon the charging Boers, at once drew his revolver and dashed in among them, firing at them in a most gallant and desperate attempt to rescue the guns.
He was immediately shot and knocked off his horse, but was not mortally wounded, although he had ridden to what seemed to be almost certain death without a moment"s hesitation. He was promoted to Captain in his regiment on 7 January 1902, while still seconded with Mounted Infantry in South Africa.
His grave and memorial are at Street Andrew"s churchyard in Sonning, Berkshire.