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'''Howard Stratton Davis''' [[Military Cross|MC]] (1885 - after 1970) was a British Army officer of the [[Royal Engineers]] and architect. He specialised in churches, vicarages and rectories. |
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'''Harold Stratton Davis''' [[Military Cross|MC]] [[Society of Antiquaries of London|FSA]] (1885–1969)<ref>FreeBMD. Died in Gloucester in 1969</ref> was an architect in [[Gloucestershire]] who specialised in churches, vicarages and rectories. He won the Military Cross during the First World War while serving with the [[Royal Engineers]]. |
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==Military service== |
==Military service== |
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Stratton Davis began his military career as an enlisted soldier. He was promoted from lance-corporal in the Royal Engineers, South Midland Divisional Engineers, to second lieutenant in October 1915.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29322/supplement/10017/data.pdf</ref> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in 1918 when he was lieutenant, acting major, for: |
Stratton Davis began his military career as an enlisted soldier. He was promoted from lance-corporal in the Royal Engineers, South Midland Divisional Engineers, to second lieutenant in October 1915.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29322/supplement/10017/data.pdf ''The London Gazette''], supplement, 11 October 1915. p. 10017.</ref> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in 1918 when he was lieutenant, acting major, for: |
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...conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in organising the digging of a line of posts under heavy machine-gun fire and visiting them all at great personal risk. On another occasion he displayed great determination and courage in collecting and assisting to reorganise, under artillery and machine-gun fire, the troops which had passed through the line of posts held by his company.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30813/supplement/8793</ref></blockquote> |
...conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in organising the digging of a line of posts under heavy machine-gun fire and visiting them all at great personal risk. On another occasion he displayed great determination and courage in collecting and assisting to reorganise, under artillery and machine-gun fire, the troops which had passed through the line of posts held by his company.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30813/supplement/8793 ''The London Gazette''], Fifth supplement to the edition of 23 July 1918. 26 July 1918, p. 8793.</ref></blockquote> |
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==Architecture== |
==Architecture== |
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Stratton Davis was articled to John Fletcher Trew of [[Gloucester]] but set up on his own account in 1913. Charles William Yates later joined him in partnership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=404926|title=Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report|website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk|access-date=2023-06-18}}</ref> |
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Stratton Davis was a fellow of the [[Society of Architects]] (FSA). He practiced in Gloucester as Stratton Davis, Yates and Dolman.<ref>http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/73730f85-66a8-4c64-aabd-6d2baad0468f</ref><ref>http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/01f6e1fb-1f39-407e-935b-b52251a6b7ac</ref> |
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Stratton Davis practised as an architect in Gloucester as Stratton Davis & Dolman. On the death of Edward J. Dolman in 1935 the firm became Stratton Davis & Yates.<ref>''Gloucester Citizen'', 22 May 1935</ref> It had previously taken over the practice of Walter B. Wood in the late 1920s when Dolman, the senior assistant, had joined the firm.<ref name=nat>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/01f6e1fb-1f39-407e-935b-b52251a6b7ac Records of Stratton Davis and Yates.] National Archives. Retrieved 3 September 2017.</ref> He was a fellow of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London|Society of Antiquaries]] (FSA) and served as Diocesan Surveyor for 26 years until retiring in 1949.<ref>''Gloucester Citizen'', 2 June 1949</ref> His son, [[David Stratton Davis]], joined the practice as an apprentice in 1935; he became a partner and continued the practice, dealing mainly with ecclesiastical work. One notable exception is [[The Inch, Edinburgh|the Inch]] housing estate in Edinburgh.<ref>''Dictionary of Scottish Architects''</ref> The firm merged with ASTAM of Gloucester in 1998. The records of Stratton Davis & Yates are held at [[Gloucestershire Archives]].<ref name=nat/> |
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| ⚫ | Among his notable work is [[ |
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| ⚫ | Among his notable work is [[Grade II listed]] [[Holy Trinity Church, Longlevens]], (1933–34) which he designed in a fifteenth-century Perpendicular Gothic style along with most of the interior fittings.<ref name=NHL>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1419405|desc=Church of the Holy Trinity|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref> |
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His son, [[David Stratton Davis]] was also an architect.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=m9W2XH11-9EC&pg=PA124</ref> |
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Stratton Davis designed a memorial chapel for Christ Church on Brunswick Road in Gloucester in 1950.<ref name=NHLEChristChurch>{{NHLE|num=1245963|desc=Christ Church, boundary wall and gate piers|access-date=4 September 2017|mode=cs2}}</ref> Stratton Davis designed a temporary timber church in 1928 that was subsequently expanded and now serves as the church hall for St Aldate's in Gloucester.<ref name=NHLEAldate>{{NHLE|num=1379929|desc=Anglican Church of St Aldate|access-date=4 September 2017|mode=cs2}}</ref> He also designed a number of vicarages and rectories and his firm was recorded as diocesan architects for [[Newent]] in 1932.<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/73730f85-66a8-4c64-aabd-6d2baad0468f Correspondence with Stratton Davis, Yates and Dolman, diocesan architects, about repair of spire.] National Archives. Retrieved 3 September 2017.</ref> |
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Outside architecture, he was secretary and treasurer of the [[Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Trust]]. |
Outside architecture, he was secretary and treasurer of the [[Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Trust]]. |
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Latest revision as of 16:22, 7 February 2024
Harold Stratton Davis MC FSA (1885–1969)[1] was an architect in Gloucestershire who specialised in churches, vicarages and rectories. He won the Military Cross during the First World War while serving with the Royal Engineers.
Military service
[edit]Stratton Davis began his military career as an enlisted soldier. He was promoted from lance-corporal in the Royal Engineers, South Midland Divisional Engineers, to second lieutenant in October 1915.[2] He was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 when he was lieutenant, acting major, for:
...conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in organising the digging of a line of posts under heavy machine-gun fire and visiting them all at great personal risk. On another occasion he displayed great determination and courage in collecting and assisting to reorganise, under artillery and machine-gun fire, the troops which had passed through the line of posts held by his company.[3]
Architecture
[edit]Stratton Davis was articled to John Fletcher Trew of Gloucester but set up on his own account in 1913. Charles William Yates later joined him in partnership.[4]
Stratton Davis practised as an architect in Gloucester as Stratton Davis & Dolman. On the death of Edward J. Dolman in 1935 the firm became Stratton Davis & Yates.[5] It had previously taken over the practice of Walter B. Wood in the late 1920s when Dolman, the senior assistant, had joined the firm.[6] He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA) and served as Diocesan Surveyor for 26 years until retiring in 1949.[7] His son, David Stratton Davis, joined the practice as an apprentice in 1935; he became a partner and continued the practice, dealing mainly with ecclesiastical work. One notable exception is the Inch housing estate in Edinburgh.[8] The firm merged with ASTAM of Gloucester in 1998. The records of Stratton Davis & Yates are held at Gloucestershire Archives.[6]
Among his notable work is Grade II listed Holy Trinity Church, Longlevens, (1933–34) which he designed in a fifteenth-century Perpendicular Gothic style along with most of the interior fittings.[9] Stratton Davis designed a memorial chapel for Christ Church on Brunswick Road in Gloucester in 1950.[10] Stratton Davis designed a temporary timber church in 1928 that was subsequently expanded and now serves as the church hall for St Aldate's in Gloucester.[11] He also designed a number of vicarages and rectories and his firm was recorded as diocesan architects for Newent in 1932.[12]
Outside architecture, he was secretary and treasurer of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Trust.
Selected publications
[edit]- Cox, John Charles. (1949) Gloucestershire. (Eighth edition) London: Methuen & B.T. Batsford. (Reviser)
References
[edit]- ^ FreeBMD. Died in Gloucester in 1969
- ^ The London Gazette, supplement, 11 October 1915. p. 10017.
- ^ The London Gazette, Fifth supplement to the edition of 23 July 1918. 26 July 1918, p. 8793.
- ^ "Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report". www.scottisharchitects.org.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ Gloucester Citizen, 22 May 1935
- ^ a b Records of Stratton Davis and Yates. National Archives. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ Gloucester Citizen, 2 June 1949
- ^ Dictionary of Scottish Architects
- ^ Historic England. "Church of the Holy Trinity (1419405)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ Historic England, "Christ Church, boundary wall and gate piers (1245963)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 September 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Anglican Church of St Aldate (1379929)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 September 2017
- ^ Correspondence with Stratton Davis, Yates and Dolman, diocesan architects, about repair of spire. National Archives. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
