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Anthony Norman Davis
Air Commodore Anthony Norman Davis, (14 August 1918 – 1988) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as a pilot during the Second World War. Early life and career Born in the Farnham area of Surrey, Davis was the son of Lieutenant Colonel H. J. N. Davis. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers of the British Army. In 1940, he transferred to the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a pilot. RAF career Davis served in the Second World War. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as a flight lieutenant in 1943, and received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) as an acting squadron leader in 1945. The citation for his DSO was published in the ''London Gazette'' of 24 July 1945, reading: When Davis announced his engagement to Dominique Gauquié in 1950 he was the air attache The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farnham
Farnham ( /ˈfɑːnəm/) is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a tributary of the Thames, and is at the western end of the North Downs. The civil parish, which includes the villages of Badshot Lea, Hale and Wrecclesham, covers and had a population of 39,488 in 2011. Among the prehistoric artefacts from the area is a woolly mammoth tusk, excavated in Badshot Lea at the start of the 21st century. The earliest evidence of human activity is from the Neolithic and, during the Roman period, tile making took place close to the town centre. The name "Farnham" is of Saxon origin and is generally agreed to mean "meadow where ferns grow". From at least 803, the settlement was under the control of the Bishops of Winchester and the castle was built as a residence for Bishop Henry de Blois in 1138. Henry VIII is thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
