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Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
Brazil
Enlistment:
Guelph, Ontario
Death:
October 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of David and Annie Davies, of Los Angeles, U.S A., Educated in England, B. S.A., Guelph Agricultural College.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Ernest Langford Davies
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Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper photograph - Toronto Star, October 27, 1916. -
Newspaper Clipping 2
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Photo of Ernest Langford Davies
Torontonensis 1913 (University of Toronto Year Book), pg. 210. -
Photo of Ernest Langford Davies
Torontonensis 1913 (University of Toronto Year Book), pg. 217. Caption: O.A.C. STUDENTS' COUNCIL, 1912-13. E. L. Davies, President. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from the Daily Telegraph of October 20, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12214894/Daily-Telegraph-October-20-1917.html -
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 785 of 1140. He was buried behind Regina Trench between Courcelette and Grandcourt. His grave could not be located after the Armistice and his sacrifice is commemorated at the VIMY MEMORIAL. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Langford Davies
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Langford Davies
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Langford Davies
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Langford Davies
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Langford Davies
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Langford Davies
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Langford Davies
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Langford Davies
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Langford Davies
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 75 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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