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Pte. George Henry Davey
British Army 7th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Williton
(d.25th Aug 1916)
Fourth Mate Gordon Winsland Davey
Merchant Navy SS Alnwick Castle
(d.17th Mar 1917)
Pte. H. Davey
Army Suffolk Regt.
Pte. Jack Ainger Davey
British Army Essex Regiment
from:172 Forest Road, Loughton, Essex
Jack Davey was my next door neighbour. He was born in 1880 and joined the Essex Regiment Volunteers. He volunteered for service in the Boer War and fought with the CIV, and stayed for further service in South Africa with the Bechuanaland Police before returning home. He was mobilized in 1914, went to Egypt in 1915, and later transferred to the Royal Field Artillery so did not go to Gallipoli with the Essex Regiment. He was demobilized at the end of 1919 and lived to a ripe old age, eventually dying in the early 1970s.
Pte. John Robert Davey
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Ripon
My grandfather, John Davey, was posted missing on the 12th April 1918 possibly killed in action. He was actually captured by the Germans having had his jaw shot off in battle, he was nursed by the Germans, then escaped back to his own lines.
He went on to serve in Dublin against the IRA uprising. He survived the war and lived a full life tending his much loved garden in North Lees, Ripon, North Yorkshire.
Pte. William Charles Davey
Australian Imperial Force 50th Battalion
from:Burra South, Australia
William Davey was my Grandfather. He was an Iron Worker from the South Australian Mid North town of Burra where his Cornish parents settled in the 1850's. He enlisted on the 16th of Aug 1915 at the age of 24yrs. On the 26th of February 1916 his Unit were joined by 500 of all ranks of the 10th Battalion at Habieta. On the 27th they moved from the Railhead to Serapeum to Tel-el-Kebir. On the 9th 1916 they took up position in trenches & occuped 9 miles of trenches. At the end of the month the Battalion was relieved by 8th Hampshires. On the 2nd of June the Battalion moved back to Serapeum and went on leave to Alexandria in marching ordertwo days later. On the 5th of June they boarded H.M.T Ardadian and sailed on the 6th arriving at Marseilles at 4pm on the 12th of June. By the 12th of August they were at Brickfields and were ordered to move to the Wire Trench at front line, suffering heavy shelling & many casualites. Over the next four days the Battalion gained their objectives, though with many casulaties, 110 killed, 400 wounded, and were relieved by 4th Battalion. Between the 17th and 29th of August they marched from Brickfields to Warloy to La Vicogne to Montrelet to Rubempre to Vandencourt to Brickfields, Albert.
His Casualty Form - Active Service is a little hard to read beyond this, but as far as I can make out it reads as follows:- 31st August 1916 to England via Boulogne, 21st December 1916 Transferred to 2nd Australian Hospital England, 22nd Transferred to Weymouth. December 7 - 13th 1916 (Dates are out of order here.) Report no4 Co - From Weymouth ex furlo. 4th May 1917 Received #2 CO Depot Weymouth in from Wancham? 23rd May 1917 Invalided back to Australia per A33 (Irratable Heart) for home service. 27th May 1917 to Weymouth - For embarkation to Australia
His discharge papers cite him as being "medically unfit (not due to misconduct" with the the following medical Board proceedings & documents, B.179, B.178, B.122 & Record card A.29. I'm still doing research, so would appreciate any information on Weymouth N02 Command Depot, Australian Troops and what exactly is a "Irratable Heart"? is this a shell shock or gas attack reaction? Was it a common condition amongst the Allies?
Source for some of the above information:- Hurcombe's Half Hundred p302.
Pte. William Thomas Davey
Canadian Expeditionary Force 10th General Hospital Canadian Army Medical Corps
from:Walkerton, Ont. Canada
My Grandfather, William Davey, was born in Ipswich, Suffolk in 1897 and came to Canada as a Homechild in 1912 where he was placed on a farm in Walkerton Ontario. At the outbreak of WW1 he enlisted with the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force on 10th of October 1916. He was assigned to the Canadian Army Medical Corp and sent to Camp Borden for training then shipped to England. After a brief time at the Moore Barracks, No. 11 General Hospital, he was transferred to Brighton and served at No.10 General Hospital where he remained for the duration of the war. He was discharged from the army on Aug 10, 1919 and returned to Canada.
Pte. Abraham Davids
British Army 1st Cape Btn. Coloured Labour Regiment
(d.26th Aug 1919)
Abraham Davids served with the 1st Cape. Btn, Coloured Labour Regiment. He was executed for murder on 26th August 1919 aged 24 and is buried in Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France.
Lt Colonel Davidson
British Army 6th Division
Gnr. Alexander David Black Davidson
British Army 123rd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:6 St. Leonards Street, Sunderland
(d.3rd December 1917)
Alexander David Black Davidson was born at Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland in 1877, the eldest of 2 sons born to Agnes Davidson nee Muirhead native of Urr, born 1850, father deceased. In 1881 they were living at 7, Station Road, Urr but by 1891 they had moved in with her widowed mother Jane Moorhead (64) and her brother Hugh (43) along with Andrew Gairley and son James and James Stewart at Nither Glenlair, Knockvennie, Castle Douglas, where Alexander attended school, ages 13 years. Between 1891 and 1912 he left Scotland to settle in the north east of England. He was married in the district of Sunderland in 1912 to Lillie E. Lawrence with whom he had a son William J. L. Davidson born 1913.
On the outbreak of war he enlisted at Sunderland assigned as Gunner 337416 to the 123rd Royal Garrison Artillery. He was killed in action Monday, December 3rd 1917 and interred at Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, in France. He was 40 years of age, recipient of the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Rest In Peace.
Sgt. Alfred Davidson
British Army 12th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.27th Sep 1915)
Pte. Archibald Davidson
British Army 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
from:Edinburgh
(d.25th January 1915)
L/Cpl. Arthur Alexander K. Davidson
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.18th May 1917)
Arthur Davidson was he 25 year old son of Robert John and Jane Davidson, of 55, Hawthorne Avenue, Cleadon Park, South Shields. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
2nd Lt. Charles Lingard Davidson
British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Adelaide, South Australia
(d.6th Aug 1915)
Charles Davidson was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1885. He studied Engineering at the School of Mines & Industries in Adelaide before travelling to England in 1910 to further his studies. His mother's sister lived in Marple Bridge, Stockport, Derbyshire and Charles based himself there before enrolling in Loughborough University.
In August 1914 when war broke out he applied for a commission. In the September he was appointed second lieutenant with the 13th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters. In the December the battalion was moved to Lostwithiel in Cornwall.
Charles must have transferred to the 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters the following year as he with them when they sailed to Gallipoli from Liverpool in the July of 1915. He was killed in action in the landing at Suvla Bay on 6th August 1915 and his body was never found. His name is listed on the Helles Memorial in Cannakale, Turkey. His parents, being on the other side of the world in Adelaide, had the most terrible time gaining information on what had occurred and it wasn't until 1920 that the official death certificate was issued in Adelaide. Meanwhile his heartbroken mother, who had lost her only son, had died at the age of 60 years on Armistice Day 1918 never knowing the fate of her son.
L/Cpl Charles Davidson
British Army 13th Btn Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
from:Edinburgh
(d.1st Aug 1917)
L/Cpl. Edward Davidson
Royal Irish Rifles 12th Btn.
(d.14th April 1918)
Teddy Davidson served with the 12th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles.
Pte. Edward Franklin Davidson
Canadian Expeditionary Force 19th Canadian Infantry Battlaiion
from:R.R.1 Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Frank Davidson enlisted in the Canadian 123rd Grenadiers on 1st of December 1915, at Toronto, Ontario. His troop ship, S.S. Cameronia, was in an Aug 1-18, 1916-18 convoy to England (Liverpool, probably). He arrived at the CEF base in the Sanderling area. On the 23rd of December 1916 he shipped to France and was taken on strength of 19th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Division, CEF, on the 13th of January 1917. He fought in major actions at Vimy Ridge, Fresnoy, Hill 70, and Passchendaele. Frank was wounded in both legs at Passchendaele on the 10th of November 1917. He was evacuated and treated at the First Canadian Field Ambulance, the next day he was transferred to No. 10 Casualty Aid Station. Then the following day to No. 2 Canadian General Hospital, his left leg was amputated in this period. On the 26th of November 1917 he was admitted to 2 St. Smith General Hospital in Birmingham, part of No. 2 Southern General Hospital. On 27th of February 1917 he was transferred to Epsom Convalescent Hospital. Medical Board stamped April 20. On 12th of April 1918, he was at the 5th Canadian Stationary Hospital in Buxton. On the 17th he went to Granville Special Hospital for an X-ray due to healing problems and on the 4th of May 1917 and had an operation on his left leg. The Medical Board ordered his return to Canada and H.M.H.S. Landovery Castle transported Pte. Davidson to Halifax June 5-17th, 1918. Another narrow escape as the Landovery Castle attacked ten days later, sunk, survivors in lifeboats were rammed and machine-gunned. Fourteen CMAC nurses among hundreds killed. War crimes trial convicted the U-boat crew.
Davidson's daughter, Joan, married Ted Toogood, second son of Lt. W. Alex Toogood, 2nd E. Ontario Battalion. Both men had fought at Fresnoy; Alex was wounded on the first day. Both men received shrapnel/fractures leg wounds requiring follow-up x-rays at Granville Special Hospital. Both soldiers had grown up in rural Ontario, a few miles apart. Both settled nearby in York Twp/Etobicoke, Toronto.
Tpr. Eric Layzell Davidson
New Zealand Expeditionary Force Otago Mounted Rifles
from:Dunedin, NZ
E L Davidson is the late father of a friend of mine in NZ. Can the attached photo of a certificate be traced?
Update: There is a newspaper reference to Eric in the New Zealand archives. This states "Still another very lengthy list of sick was received yesterday. Well over 100 men are reported as having arrived at Malta, and are stated to be slightly sick" and includes: Otago Mounted Rifles. Davidson, Trooper Eric Layzell (No. 9/2G6).
Pte. George Davidson
British Army 6th Btn. Border Regiment
(d.7th June 1917)
Dvr. H. L. Davidson
South African Service Corps
(d.22nd Nov 1915)
Driver Davidson was buried in the Keetmanshoop Jewish Cemetery in Namibia.
Pte. Henry Davidson
British Army 10th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
(d.10th December 1917)
Sjt. J. Davidson
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Lt.-Col. J. St. C. Davidson DSO
British Army 9th Btn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Spr. James Blair Davidson
Australian Imperial Forces 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy.
(d.30th Oct 1917)
Pte James Wilson Davidson
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.25th Nov 1916)
Davidson, James, Wilson. Private, 19/1073 Killed in action 25th November 1916, Remembered on the Arras Memorial bay 2 and 3. From the Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour Battalion Service History shows 1073 as Davison T.W. Killed in action 25/11/16, Buried in British Cemetery, Arras.
Pte. James Davidson
British Army 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Broomhill
(d.3rd Oct 1918)
James Davidson was born in 1888. He was a son, husband, and father of 3. He was killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918. He is buried in Prospect Cemetery, Gouy, France.
Pte. James Davidson
British Army 14th (Fife & Forfar Yeomanry) Btn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
from:Edinburgh
(d.10th Sep 1918)
James Davidson, my uncle, is buried at St.Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers-Faucon, France.
Pte James Davidson
British Army 2nd Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
from:Plum Cottage, Drunzie Ferns, Glenfarg, Perthshire
(d.11th November 1918)
Rfmn. John Davidson
British Army 16th Btn King's Royal Rifle Corps.
from:Jarrow
(d.29th Sep 1918)
John Davidson was killed whilst serving as a Rifleman with the 16th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. He had formerly served with the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery. Born in Newcastle, he lived in Jarrow and enlisted in Hull.
John is remembered on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Pte. John Davidson
British Army Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry
from:Dalkeith
My grandfather, John Davidson, was enlisted 19 Feb 1917 as a 'motor driver'. Needless to say, he saw little driving and a lot of battle. His two brothers were also enlisted. Amazingly, at one point, they all met up on the front completely by chance. Even more amazing, they all survived the war, although all suffered injuries. I am still uncertain of his actual regiment within the Ox and Bucks.
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