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Arthur Percival Foley Rhys-Davids, DSO, MC & Bar (26 September 1897 – 27 October 1917) was a British flying ace of the First World War. Rhys-Davids was born in 1897 to a distinguished family. His father was a professional academic and his mother a prolific author, which afforded the young Rhys-Davids thorough schooling.
The following month, on 27 October 1917, Rhys Davids was missing in action. He was last seen pursuing an Albatros east of Roulers. It is believed that his S.E.5a was shot down by Karl Gallwitz. Listed as Arthur Percival Foley Rhys-Davids in the London Gazette.
The British Army declared Arthur Rhys Davids as having been killed in action on the date that he disappeared on 18th March 1918. On the same day he was gazetted again, this time for the Voss victory, obtaining the Distinguished Service Order:
Arthur Rhys-Davids, the only son and the third child of Thomas William Rhys Davids, was born in Forest Hill on 26th September 1897. When he was born, his father was Professor of Pali at the University of London.
Arthur Rhys Davids was born in Forest Hill, 26 September 1897. He was educated at Sale, Brooklands and Ashton upon Mersey High School for Boys, 1906-7; Wadham House, Hale, 1909; Summer Fields, Oxford, 1909-10; and Eton, 1911-16; and won an exhibition to Balliol College, Oxford.
Arthur Percival Foley Rhys-Davids. primary name:Rhys-Davids, Arthur Percival Foley. Details. individual; British; Male. Life dates. 1897-1917. Biography. DSO; MC; airman; killed in action. in World War I. Son of Thomas William Rhys Davids (q.v.) and Caroline Augusta Rhys Davids (q.v.).
27 de oct. de 2013 · In Memory of Arthur Percival Foley Rhys-Davids DSO, MC & Bar. Born London 26 September 1897 Died Roeselare Flanders 27 October 1917 27 victories "If one was over the salient in the autumn of 1917 and saw an SE5 fighting like hell amidst a heap of Huns, one would find nine times out of ten the...
