HEROIC ACTION

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21280, 26 November 1940, Page 8

HEROIC ACTION

FAMOUS CATHEDRAL SAVED STORY TOLD BY DAVIES’ WIFE (Times Air Mail Service) LONDON, September 18 Mrs Davies, wife of Lieutenant Robert Davies, of the bomb disposal unit of the Royal Engineers—the man who saved St. Paul’s—told an Evening Standard reporter: “He thinks the world of the fellows who work with him, and when he was on leave he told me he had never known a finer set. “During the last few weeks,” she added, “he has done a lot of things which have not been mentioned, but which have been almost as praiseworthy as the St. Paul’s job. Lieutenant and Mrs Davies live at Plymouth with their two sons and daughter. The daughter was married two or three weeks ago, and the elder son, who is 20, is a corporal in the R.A.S.C. Lieutenant Davies, who is 40. went to Canada when he was 15, and two years later returned to England as a member of the Canadian Expeditionary Force of the last war. After the war he lived in Canada for several years, working as a civil engineer. About six years ago he settled in Plymouth. Since the bombing of London began. Lieutenant Davies has been sending telegrams to his wife almost daily. The last one, sent while he was dealing with the St. Paul’s bomb, read: “Working hard. Very busy. Love.—Dacl.”