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Sammy Davis (racing driver)
Sydney Charles Houghton "Sammy" Davis (9 January 1887, London – 9 January 1981, Guildford) was a British racing motorist, journalist and clubman.
==Early life==
Davis was born in South Kensington, London on 9 January 1887, the son of Edwin and Georgina Davis, his father was a merchant and tea importer. He was educated at Westminster School and University College London. While at school, he met Malcolm Campbell, and the duo were involved in a "spectacular pile-up" with a borrowed penny-farthing bicycle.〔Wise, David Burgess. "Davis: The Grand Old Man of Motor Racing", in Northey, Tom, ed. ''World of Automobiles'' (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 5, p.499.〕 In 1906 Davis became an apprentice with the Daimler Company. Training as a draughtsman, he became involved with the design of various products, from the Daimler-Renard Road Train to Daimler's team of cars in the 1907 ''Kaiserpreis'' race.〔Wise, p.499.〕 In 1910, he joined the staff of ''Automobile Engineer'', just then being launched by Iliffe (also publishers of ''The Autocar'') as a technical illustrator〔 and was by 1912 also a writer and sub-editor.〔 At the start of the First World War he joined the Royal Naval Air Service and served in France with armoured car section.〔 Following his demobilisation he became sports editor of The Autocar although he also served in the Second World War in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.〔
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