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Donald Alastair Leslie Davidson

In memory of:

Captain Donald Alastair Leslie Davidson

April 30, 1917

Military Service


Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Flying Corps

Division:

19th Squadron

Citation(s):

Military Cross

Additional Information


Son of Col. W. Leslie Davidson, C.B., (Royal Artillery), and Lady Theodora Davidson, of Hampton Court Palace. Severely wounded in Mesopotamia. A Page of Honour to His Royal Highness King Edward VII, 1902-08. Educated at Wellington College and McGill University, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 576 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

The Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Honour Roll– From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918".  McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Newspaper Clipping– Source: McGill Daily October 1, 1917

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