Price-Davies was commissioned a
second lieutenant in
The King's Royal Rifle Corps on 23 February 1898. He was promoted to
lieutenant on 21 October 1899, and seconded for service in
South Africa during the
Second Boer War, where he was awarded the
Distinguished Service Order in April 1901. Price-Davies was 23 years old, and a lieutenant in
The King's Royal Rifle Corps during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place at
Blood River Poort for which he was awarded the
Victoria Cross: Price-Davies was promoted to
captain in his regiment on 7 January 1902, while still seconded with Mounted Infantry in South Africa. He stayed there until after the end of the war, leaving
Cape Town on the SS
Orient in October 1902. In September 1906 he became
adjutant to a unit of
mounted infantry in South Africa. In November 1910 he succeeded Brevet Major
Herbert Shoubridge as
brigade major of the
13th Infantry Brigade. In June 1912 Price-Davies was posted to the
War Office as a GSO3. During the
First World War Price-Davies served on the
Western Front and
Italy, becoming a
brevet lieutenant colonel in January 1916 and a temporary
brigadier general, to which he had been promoted in November 1915 when he was assigned to command the 113th Infantry Brigade. He was appointed a
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in January 1918 was made a brevet colonel in June 1918, and a
Companion of the Order of the Bath in January 1921. He was also made an Officer of the French
Legion of Honour and Commander of the Italian
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus. He retired with the honorary rank of
major general in 1930. In retirement he joined the
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms and served as Battalion Commander in the
Home Guard from 1940 to 1945. ==Bibliography==