Geoffrey Boisselier Davies (26 October 1892 – 26 September 1915) was an English

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er. Davies was educated at

Rossall School Rossall School is a private Day school, day and boarding school, boarding school in the United Kingdom for 0–18 year olds, between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. Rossall was founded in 1844 by St. Vincent Beechey, St Vincent Beechey as a ...

where he played cricket for the school 1909–12, being captain in 1912. He also played for

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in 1912. He went up to

Selwyn College, Cambridge Selwyn College, Cambridge is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1882 by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of George Selwyn (bishop of Lichfield), Georg ...

, and played for both

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and Essex in 1913 and 1914. In the

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he was commissioned in the

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and held the rank of

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when he was killed in France in 1915.

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