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Military service
Service number:
B/65612
Age:
30
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 15, 1913
Belfast
Enlistment:
June 4, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. D. 3.
Additional information
Son of William and Mary Davidson of Belfast, Ireland.
Digital gallery of Corporal Samuel Davidson
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Photo of Samuel Davidson
Corporal Davidson enlisted in the 2nd (Res) Bn of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in 1942 and subsequently joined the 1st Battalion in England. He was in Charlie Company and was killed on D-Day between Bernières-sur-mer and Hill 80 (Anguerny). -
Obituary
This obituary of Corporal Davidson was clipped from a Toronto paper in 1944 by Mrs Josie McQuade. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Corporal Davidson's gravemarker at Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in June 1997. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Samuel Davidson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Samuel Davidson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Samuel Davidson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Samuel Davidson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Samuel Davidson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Samuel Davidson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 287 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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