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George Davies

In memory of:

Private George Davies

August 9, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

772852

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

2nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

October 9, 1888
Barrow-in-Furness, England

Son of Jack and S. Davies; husband of Mrs. L. S. Davies, of Slough, England.

Commemorated on Page 394 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

II. N. 21.

Location:

Cerisy is a village 11 kilometres south of Albert, 2 kilometres east of the main road from Albert to Moreuil. The CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY is on the west side of the village on the road to Gailly and Le Hamel and the French National Cemetery is on the south side of this.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • 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 801 of 1140. His body and those of 55 other Canadian soldiers and two from the United Kingdom were buried in BEAUFORT BRITISH CEMETERY. After the Armistice all bodies in this Cemetery were exhumed and re-interred in CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    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 801 of 1140. His body and those of 55 other Canadian soldiers and two from the United Kingdom were buried in BEAUFORT BRITISH CEMETERY. After the Armistice all bodies in this Cemetery were exhumed and re-interred in CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY.

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