Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ernest Davies | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 31 January 1916||
Place of birth | Heswall, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 17 August 1942[2] | (aged 26)||
Place of death | SS Princess Marguerite, Mediterranean Sea | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1935 | Heswall | ||
1936–1940 | Tranmere Rovers | 48 | (1) |
1939–1940 | York City | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ernest Davies (31 January 1916 – 17 August 1942) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers.[1]
Davies served as a corporal in the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) during the Second World War.[2] He enlisted in 1940 and was deployed overseas c. December 1941.[3] Davies was killed aboard the troopship SS Princess Marguerite when it was sunk by U-83 on 17 August 1942.[4][5] His body was never recovered, and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.[2]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Tranmere Rovers | 1936–37[1] | Third Division North | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
1937–38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
1938–39[1] | Second Division | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
1939–40[1] | Third Division North | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
Career total | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 2 |