Born at Plas-yn-Rhos on 10 September 1894, the fifth child and third son of John Charles Davies, MRCS of Ruabon, then medical officer to No 3 District of the Wrexham Union, and Annie Allan, his wife. He was educated at Epsom College, at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, at Liverpool, and in London. He served during the European war with the rank of captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, his commission being dated 13 April 1916, and was awarded the Mons star. He returned to Liverpool at the end of the war, completed his medical studies and acted as house surgeon at the Liverpool Royal Infirmary to Thelwall Thomas. He was appointed surgical registrar to the infirmary, gained the Robert Gee Fellowship in anatomy in the university in 1920, specialized in surgery, was appointed surgeon to the Bootle General Hospital and the Liverpool Stanley Hospital, and was lecturer on clinical surgery in the university of Liverpool. He married Mary Routledge Dickson on 9 September 1924, who survived him without children. He died at Liverpool on 21 March 1935 and was buried in Allerton cemetery.