Davies was born in October 1926, the son of Dan Davies and Ada (née Smith) in Nuneaton. He was educated at Coventry Junior Technical College, before joining the RAF during the Second World War as an Aircraft Apprentice in 1942.
Davies was born in October 1926, the son of Dan Davies and Ada (née Smith) from Nuneaton. He pursued his education at Coventry Junior Technical College before being drafted into the Royal Air Force during World War II as a young apprentice aircraft technician in 1942.