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Military service
Service number:
799828
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
November 8, 1896
England
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. C. 6.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Davis, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Walter Davis
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Close up of Sons of England War Memorial
Charles Walter Davis' name is included on the SOE War Memorial. -
Newspaper Clipping
Private Charles W. Davis' brother died in 1918. -
Sons of England War Memorial
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: "ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR". -
Newspaper Clipping
Article -
Badge
Cap Badge of the 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada): Pte Charles Walter Davis enlisted in the 134th Bn, but was transferred to the 19th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt S. Gilbert, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 19th Bn . Pte Charles Walter Davis enlisted with the 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada), but was transferred to the 19th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt S. Gilbert, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
Bde and Div patches of the 4th Bde and 2nd Div CEF of which the 19th Bn was part. Pte Charles Walter Davis enlisted with the 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada), but was transferred to the 19th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt S. Gilbert, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
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 925 of 1140. His brother, Private Ernest Herbert Davis, was killed in action on September 1, 1918. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Walter Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Walter Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Walter Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Walter Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Walter Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Walter Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Walter Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Walter Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Walter Davis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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