Ernie Davies

Ernest Davies 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. Davies was killed aboard the troopship when it was sunk en route to Cyprus by on 17 August 1942. His body was never recovered, and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.