Cyril Nutcombe Davies died as the result of an operation on March 1st, 1919, aged 32 years.
He received his technical training in South Africa and in 1910 was awarded the Diploma of the South African School of Mines and Technology, and was also the recipient of a Transvaal Chamber of Mines Research Scholarship. In 1914 he received the Union of South Africa Mines Surveyor’s Certificate of Competency. At the outset of his professional career he was employed for several months early in 1911 as a mine sampler at the Modderfontein B. Gold Mines, Ltd., and for a year was assistant surveyor to the New Modderfontein Gold Mines, Ltd.
For upwards of two years he was re-engaged by the first-named mine as assistant surveyor and subsequently as acting chief surveyor, but after the outbreak of war in August, 1914, he joined the Imperial Light Horse under his father, Lieut.-Col. W.T.F. Davies, D.S.O., and took part in the campaign in South-West Africa. From June to November, 1915, he was employed as underground shift-boss at the Modderfontein B. Gold Mines, Ltd., when he came to England to join H.M. Forces. After suitable training he was given a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, eventually reaching the rank of Captain.
Mr. Davies was elected an Associate of the Institution in 1916.
Vol. 29, Trans IMM 1919-20, p.422
