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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
35
Rank:
Honourary Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Chaplains Department
Division:
Attached to the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (1st Central Ontario Regt).
Birth:
January 21, 1883
Enlistment:
March 6, 1916
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
August 9, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I.
Additional information
Son of James and Anne Davis, of Davistown, King's Co., Ireland. The Chaplain Service was part of the permanent force. It provided chaplains for Canadian units and formations both overseas and in Canada. Information courtesy of Merrickville Memorial Project, May 2002.
Digital gallery of Honourary Captain William Henry Davis
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Officer's Declaration Paper
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Memorial Page
William Henry Davis is honoured on page 10 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003. -
Merrickville Remembers
This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of William Davis
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Grave Marker
Photo of grave courtesy Wilf Schofield, England. -
Grave Marker
Photo of grave courtesy Wilf Schofield, England. -
Photo of William Henry Davis
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Stained Glass
Beechwood National Military Cemetery Hall of Colours Canadian Military Chaplains stained glass window -
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 1101 of 1140. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain William Henry Davis
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain William Henry Davis
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain William Henry Davis
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain William Henry Davis
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain William Henry Davis
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain William Henry Davis
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain William Henry Davis
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain William Henry Davis
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain William Henry Davis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 395 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LE QUESNEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY Somme, France
Le Quesnel is a village about 26 kilometres south-east of Amiens and 8 kilometres south-west of Rosieres and a little north of the main road from Amiens to Noyon. LE QUESNEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY is situated on the northern side of the village on the road to Caix.
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