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Military service
Age:
61
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Death:
October 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
159. South-West part. Sec. 19.
Additional information
Son of the late Mrs. Catherine Adams Davis; husband of Catherine S. Davis, of Montreal.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Colonel William Mahlon Davis
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of William Mahlon Davies
4 LCol William Mahlon Davies (RMC 1876-80) was one of the original eighteen cadets at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. He entered the College on 1 June 1876. Since cadets received their numbers based on their standings in the entrance examinations, he was 4 of 18. He graduated as a sergeant fourth in his class. -
Photo of William Mahlon Davies
LCol William Mahlon Davies was the first Commanding Officer of the 54th Batallion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). He accompanied the regiment to England for training in December 11915. On January 15, 1916 he was seriously injured when he was thrown from his horse. He was in hospital in England and then took change of part of the Canadian Reserve Force at Bramshott Camp. He took ill and was invalided home in July 1918. He died at 61 years of age on October 8th, 1918. He was buried with full military honours at the Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa. -
Memorial
Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 4 Lt Col William Mahlon Davis (RMC 1876) was the son of the late Mrs. Catherine Adams Davis and the husband of Catherine S. Davis, of Montreal. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 54th Bn. He died on October 8, 1918 and was buried in the South west part Sec 19 of the Beechwood cemetery in Ottawa (159). -
Grave Marker
4 Lt Col William Mahlon Davis (RMC 1876) was the son of the late Mrs. Catherine Adams Davis and the husband of Catherine S. Davis, of Montreal. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 54th Bn. He died of sickness on October 8, 1918 and was buried in the South west part Sec 19 of the Beechwood cemetery in Ottawa (159). Photograph and details by volunteer/s: CWGC ARCHIVE -
Memorial
Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 4 Lt Col William Mahlon Davis (RMC 1876) was the son of the late Mrs. Catherine Adams Davis and the husband of Catherine S. Davis, of Montreal. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 54th Bn. He died of sickness on October 8, 1918 and was buried in the South west part Sec 19 of the Beechwood cemetery in Ottawa (159). Photograph and details by volunteer/s: CWGC ARCHIVE -
Memorial Stained Glass
On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen classmates. 4 Lt Col William Mahlon Davis (RMC 1876) was the son of the late Mrs. Catherine Adams Davis and the husband of Catherine S. Davis, of Montreal. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 54th Bn. He died of sickness on October 8, 1918 and was buried in the South west part Sec 19 of the Beechwood cemetery in Ottawa (159). Photograph and details by volunteer/s: CWGC ARCHIVE -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial
Monument commémoratif pour le Lieutenant Colonel William Mahlon Davis au cimetière Beechwood, Ottawa. Section 19. -
Memorial
Monument commémoratif pour le Lieutenant Colonel William Mahlon Davis au cimetière Beechwood, Ottawa. Section 19. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver World newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Mahlon Davis
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Mahlon Davis
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Mahlon Davis
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Mahlon Davis
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Mahlon Davis
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Commemorated on:
Page 395 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.
The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.
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