Military service
Burial/memorial information
He was the eldest son of William Davidson and Martha J.Burrows. Brother of George Wellington Davidson of Russell, Manitoba and of Private Robert Davidson, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Nelson wrote this autograph in his Aunt Nellie Burrows Davidson's autograph book:
Lindon Wood, July 1898
If your life is full of trouble or if its full of Joy
think of me often Aunty dear
for I am still your Boy.
Nelson Davidson
<p>1915-1915 Star</p>
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Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Photo of Nelson Davidson
Private Nelson Davidson<br> Service Number 106180<br> Force: 2 Troop B. Squad 1st<br> Regiment: Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regiment)<br> Brigade: 1st.C.M.R. Canadian Expeditionary Force -
Letter p.2
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Letter p.3
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Letter p.4
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Attestation Paper
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Letter p.1
Nels was killed in action on June 2, 1916 at Ypres, Belgium, some 8 1/2 months after this letter was written. He has no known grave. His name appears, along with thousands of others, on the Menin Gate Monument in Ypres, Belgium. -
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 687 of 1140. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Nelson Davidson
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Private Nelson Davidson
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Private Nelson Davidson
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Private Nelson Davidson
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Private Nelson Davidson
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Private Nelson Davidson
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Private Nelson Davidson
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Private Nelson Davidson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 75 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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