The earliest strip I know to be his is 'The Chirrups', a family humour strip which appeared in The Sunday Pictorial from around 1947.
'Kit Conquest' is a bit of an oddity as it had two artists working on it: the main artist was Jack Daniel, but Davies was brought in to draw the women in the strip. Davies obviously had something of a reputation for drawing girls as he also drew 'Penny' for the Sunday Pictorial in the 1950s.
He could also turn in a good adventure strip, and drew 'Flint of the Flying Squad' for the Daily Express in 1951-54. This was replaced by 'Dirk Storey' in 1954.These handful of samples are all I have of his work.
(* Kit Conquest and Dirk Storey possibly © Northern & Shell Media Publications; The Chirrups possibly © MGM Ltd.)
Kit Conquest was a regular feature in the Australian Sun Herald newspaper. Doesn't mean George Davies was Australian but it's possible he was.
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