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Military service
Service number:
73265
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Birth:
July 27, 1891
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
October 24, 1914
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Death:
June 6, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Reverend Thomas and Isabella Davidson of Hamilton, Ontario, formerly of St. Ann's, Ontario. Embarked for England on board the S.S. Northland on 29 May 1915. Embarked for France on 17 September 1915 and disembarked at Boulonge 18 September 1915. Pte Davidson is also commemorated on the Magnetawan Memorial in Magnetawan, Ontario having made the supreme sacrifice.
He listed himself as single and worked as a labourer.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star
Digital gallery of Private William Ferguson Davidson
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William Ferguson Davidson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 75 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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