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Military service
Service number:
135360
Age:
25
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
July 9, 1891
Lambton Mills, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 22, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
May 8, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William Dodds Davidson and Mary Davidson, of Lambton Mills, Ontario. He served in Canada, Britain and France. He listed his trade as piano action regulator.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Henry Davidson
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of WILLIAM HENRY DAVIDSON
Private William Henry Davidson -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (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 733 of 1140. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Henry Davidson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Henry Davidson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Henry Davidson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Henry Davidson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Henry Davidson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 225 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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