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Military service
Service number:
144274
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
"A" Coy. 87th Bn.
Birth:
January 27, 1897
Enlistment:
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
October 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of David and Elizabeth Davis, of 588, Booth St., Ottawa.
Digital gallery of Private Hugh Davis
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Photo of Hugh Davis
From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919. -
Victory Medal (Inter-Allied War Medal) - front
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Victory Medal (Inter-Allied War Medal) - back
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British Empire Medal - front
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British Empire Medal - back
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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) -
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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
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Davis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 75 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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