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Frank Robert Davidson

In memory of:

Private Frank Robert Davidson

September 15, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

425709

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

31st Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

March 28, 1887

Son of Walter and Grace M. Davidson, of Newdale, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 75 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. E. 16.

Location:

Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLDWAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 629 of 1140. His initial grave was located between Pozieres and Courcelette, 4 ½ miles North East of Albert. After the Armistice the bodies of almost 1900 soldiers, mostly those of men who, like Private Davidson, died around Courcelette and Pozieres in 1916, were exhumed and re-interred in COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLDWAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 629 of 1140. His initial grave was located between Pozieres and Courcelette, 4 ½ miles North East of Albert. After the Armistice the bodies of almost 1900 soldiers, mostly those of men who, like Private Davidson, died around Courcelette and Pozieres in 1916, were exhumed and re-interred in COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY.
  • Grave marker– Taken 11/09/21

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    Grave marker – Taken 11/09/21
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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