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Military service
Service number:
70615
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of T. H. and Mary E. Davies, of Trail, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Benjamin Davies
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Inscription
France 2007 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of September 15, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y240uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Daily Colonist of September 16, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y241uvic#page/n0/mode/1up. Note that Ben Davies service number is 706151. -
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 759 of 1140. Body not recovered for burial. -
Photo of Benjamin Davies
We found this photograph among some estate effects that were brought to us. As a commercial funding partner with a number of local museums, we try to place place information such as this picture within the public domain, rather than selling it into a private collection. Lest We Forget Benjamin Davies. Andrew - Manager Everything Old Canada Antiques & Vintage -
Reverse side of Photo
We found this photograph among some estate effects that were brought to us. As a commercial funding partner with a number of local museums, we try to place place information such as this picture within the public domain, rather than selling it into a private collection. Lest We Forget Benjamin Davies. Andrew - Manager Everything Old Canada Antiques & Vintage
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Davies
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Davies
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Davies
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Davies
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Davies
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Davies
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 225 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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