My husband, “Red” Ray Davies, who has died aged 85, was a Caerphilly county councillor and tireless peace activist whose energy and passion for justice were unabated to the end.
Ray was born during the depression in the Welsh mining village of Llanbradach to George Davies, a collier, who was blacklisted for his union activities, and his wife Winifred (nee Bate). Ray experienced hunger and disease during his childhood, including TB and diphtheria. The fire in his belly was ignited by the loss of his mother, who died in childbirth, for lack of a hospital bed or a blood transfusion.
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