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Military service
Service number:
75680
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
August 3, 1890
Death:
May 5, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. H. 26.
Additional information
Son of James and Jessie Davidson, of Fleet St., Gatehouse, of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Turner Davidson
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Orchard Dump Cemetery. May he rest in peace.(J.Stephens) -
Epitaph
Epitaph: "Till the Day Breaks and the shaddows flee away" -
Orchard Dump Cemetery
Orchard Dump Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (J.Stephens) -
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 705 of 1140.
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Turner Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Turner Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Turner Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Turner Davidson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 225 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Orchard Dump Cemetery is in the village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, on the main road (D919) from Arras to Henin-Lietard. The cemetery lies on the left side of this road approximately 1 kilometre from the village of Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult.
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