About Phyllis Davies
Lived 1909 – 1997 (aged 87–88). Phyllis Davies was a British journalist and war correspondent.
Phyllis Davies (14 January 1909 – 21 February 1997) was one of the first British women war correspondents, as well as the first woman to report crime on Fleet Street. She joined the Daily Mail in 1929, and in May 1945, was the only woman with the North Atlantic Fleet, which took the surrender of 8 German U-boats.
Davies was a founding member and the original vice-chair of The Women's Press Club.
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British journalist and war correspondent
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Phyllis Davies was born in 1909.
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Phyllis Davies died in 1997.
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Phyllis Davies was a journalist and war correspondent.
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