Ernie Davies

Ernest Davies (31 January 1916 – 17 August 1942) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers.

Personal life
Davies served as a corporal in the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) during the Second World War. He enlisted in 1940 and was deployed overseas c. December 1941. Davies was killed aboard the troopship SS Princess Marguerite when it was sunk by GS U-83 (1940) on 17 August 1942. His body was never recovered, and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.