Many of the tributes paid to Davies after his death acknowledged his commitment to Merthyr and the mining communities of the Welsh valleys, for which he was an unfailing advocate. Many of the tributes paid to Davies after his death acknowledged his commitment to Merthyr and the mining communities of the Welsh valleys, for which he was an unfailing advocate. Meya weMerthyr akataura kuti akanga ari "munhu mumwe nomumwe aitevera dzidziso yokuti 'Ida muvakidzani wako sezvaunozviita.' Vanhu vose vaimuremekedza zvikuru, kunyange vaya vakanga vasingabvumirani naye". Shamwari yake yeparamende uye mumwe mushandi wemumigodhi Jim Griffiths, uyo akanga agovana naDavies hutungamiri hwevashandi vemumigodhi veSouth Wales mushure mekurova kukuru kwa1926
, akafunga kuti kudai Davies akanga awana mano okubvumirana pane zvisina kufanira, angadai akawana chinzvimbo choushumiri. Asi "nguva dzose akanga ari munhu ari oga... uye airatidzika kuva anoda kuva ari oga".