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A veteran interview with

Alan Davies

Alan’s son was good enough to let me know about his father’s passing.  “My father passed away in December and I’m very grateful for the video you did on his life. It was done very well a few years ago by you and led to a closer investigation of his wartime exploits by me that I will be forever grateful for”.

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About Alan Davies

Davies joined the Territorial Army as a teenager just before the Second World War and became a regular soon after, obtaining an officer’s commission in 1941 and joining the Commandos, following his older brother. Davies took part in the allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942 and landed by beach behind German lines in Tunisia to assist in a planned allied attack of the town of Bizerte. The Commandos came under intense fire, suffering casualties, including his own troop commander who was fatally shot. Davies eventually lead his own section back to allied lines where they joined the successful allied push against the Germans. Soon after Davies returned to England for training before being sent to the Far East. In January 1945, Davies, now with 5 Commando landed on the Myebon Peninsula in Burma and took part in the taking of Hill 170 at Kangaw, a desperate battle that lasted 36 hours and which led to the withdrawal of the Japanese Army from the Arakan. Whilst planning for the invasion of Malaya, the war ended and Davies then went to Hong Kong and Shanghai, where he assisted in repatriating British men and women interned by the Japanese. Davies was demobbed in May 1946.

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Martin Bisiker
Reviewed by:
Gary Washbrook

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A veteran interview with

Alan Davies

AlanDavies

Alan’s son was good enough to let me know about his father’s passing.  “My father passed away in December and I’m very grateful for the video you did on his life. It was done very well a few years ago by you and led to a closer investigation of his wartime exploits by me that I will be forever grateful for”.

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MLA Style:
Davies, Alan. A Veteran Interview with Alan Davies. Interview by Martin Bisiker. Legasee, 7 Oct. 2012 https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/alan-davies/. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
APA Style:
Davies, A. (2012, October 7). A Veteran Interview with Alan Davies [Interview by Martin Bisiker]. Legasee. Retrieved May 17, 2025, from https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/alan-davies/
Chicago Style:
Davies, Alan. 2012. A Veteran Interview with Alan Davies. Interview by Martin Bisiker. Legasee, October 7. Accessed May 17, 2025. https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/alan-davies/
Harvard Style:
Davies, A. (2012). A Veteran Interview with Alan Davies. [Interviewed by Martin Bisiker]. Legasee, 7 October. Available at https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/alan-davies/ (Accessed: 17 May 2025)
Vancouver Style:
Davies, A. A Veteran Interview with Alan Davies [Internet]. Interview by M. Bisiker. Legasee; 2012 Oct 7 [cited 2025 May 17]. Available from: https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/alan-davies/
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