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Military service
Service number:
R/193967
Age:
22
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
June 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
49. J. 5.
Additional information
Son of James Corley Davis and Gertrude Helen Davis, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Corley Davis
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Memorial
Memorial to the crew of the crashed Wellington bomber in the churchyard of St John the Baptist’s Church, Mayfield near Ashbourne -
Cemetery
View looking towards the crash site on the tree line beyond the boundary of the churchyard -
Grave marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Mike and Dale Symmonds -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant William Corley Davis is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant William Corley Davis is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Medal
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Group photo
Babe, Dorothy, Corley, Bill, Gordon. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Corley Davis
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
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Attestation Paper
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Memorial
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Medal
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Medal
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Medal
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Identification
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Photo of William Corley Davis
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corley Davis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corley Davis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corley Davis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corley Davis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corley Davis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corley Davis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corley Davis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corley Davis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corley Davis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 287 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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