Military service
Burial/memorial information
He was the second son of William Davidson and Martha J. Burrows.
Brother of G.W. Davidson of Russell, Manitoba and of Private Nelson Davidson, who died while serving with the Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Robert Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Davidson
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Davidson
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 697 of 1140. His initial grave was located ½ mile North of Courcelette, 6 miles North East of Albert. After the Armistice, his body and those of the other soldiers buried in the battlefields of Courcelette, Grandcourt and Miraumont, most killed in the period from October 1916 to February 1917, were exhumed and re-interred in REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY.
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Private Robert Davidson
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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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 697 of 1140. His initial grave was located ½ mile North of Courcelette, 6 miles North East of Albert. After the Armistice, his body and those of the other soldiers buried in the battlefields of Courcelette, Grandcourt and Miraumont, most killed in the period from October 1916 to February 1917, were exhumed and re-interred in REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY.
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 75 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village about 8 kilometres north-east of Albert (next to the main road D929 Albert-Bapaume). The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY lies about 1.5 kilometres north-west of the village.
The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY (signposted in the centre of Courcelette) is 1.5 kilometres down a single track lane (suitable for cars).
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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