Profile image
Military service
Service number:
304113
Age:
25
Rank:
Driver
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
1st Div. Ammunition Col.
Death:
September 5, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. F. II.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Francis Davey, of 42, Sherborne Rd., Yeovil, England.
Digital gallery of Driver Reginald Frank Davey
-
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
War Diary
Seven men were killed when a shell dropped during the evening of September 5th, 1918 in the lines of the 1st Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column. All were buried the following day on September 6th. Original War Diary entry. The men killed were: Dvr. Joseph Audette, 40768; Dvr. John Alexander Cardinal, 345126; Dvr. John Cliffe, 92915; Dvr. Reginald Frank Davey, 304113; Corporal Eaton Andrew Kitching, 86113; Dvr. David Simpson, 42740; and Dvr. Harold Alphonse Smith, 349023. A letter detailing these events can be found on the record for Dvr. Harold Alphonse Smith (Canadian Virtual Memorial). -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 557 of 1140. He was originally buried in IMPERIAL CEMETERY, 800 metres West of HENDECOURT-LESCAGNICOURT. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and re-interred in H.A.C. (Honourable Artillery Company) CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN. -
From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
-
From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Driver Reginald Frank Davey
Digital gallery of
Driver Reginald Frank Davey
Digital gallery of
Driver Reginald Frank Davey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 394 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.