| Ernie Davies | |
| Fullname: | Ernest Davies |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Heswall, England |
| Death Place: | , Mediterranean Sea |
| Position: | Wing half |
| Years1: | 1935 |
| Clubs1: | Heswall |
| Years2: | 1936–1940 |
| Clubs2: | Tranmere Rovers |
| Caps2: | 48 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 1939–1940 |
| Clubs3: | York City |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
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.
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 .[1] Davies was killed aboard the troopship when it was sunk by on 17 August 1942.[2] [3] His body was never recovered, and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
| Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Tranmere Rovers | 1936–37 | Third Division North | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 1937–38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1938–39 | Second Division | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 1939–40 | Third Division North | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 2 | |||