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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Sub-Lieutenant
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
Hood Bn. R.N.Div
Birth:
July 6, 1887
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 24, 1914
Valcartier
Death:
October 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Pier and Face 1 A.
Digital gallery of Sub-Lieutenant George Thorold Davidson
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Photo of George Thorold Davidson
Toronto Star, October 31st, 1916. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Osgood Hall Memorial
George Thorold Davidson's name is inscribed on the Osgoode Hall War Memorial in Toronto. -
Newspaper Clipping 2
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Commemorative Plaque
Memorial Plaque commemorating barristers and students, members of the Alberta law society, who died while serving in the First World War. -
Newspaper Clipping (3)
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Newspaper Clipping (4)
A poem written by Sub-Lieutenant George Thorold Davidson. -
Photo of George Davidson
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Plaque
1914-1918 Memorial tablet, Bloor Street Presbyterian Church, 300 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. This congregation was established in 1887, and in 1925 became the Bloor Street United Church. The tablet was unveiled on May 16th, 1920. It was inscribed: "In memory of the men of Bloor Street Presbyterian Church who went out to battle and died for Freedom's cause. They feared not Death and meeting it they won the Victor's Crown." -
Photo of George Davidson
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of George Thorold Davidson
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Crest
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Inscription
Thiepval Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Stone of Remembrance
Stone of Remembrance - Thiepval Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Thiepval Memorial
Thiepval Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Sub-Lieutenant George Thorold Davidson
Digital gallery of
Sub-Lieutenant George Thorold Davidson
Digital gallery of
Sub-Lieutenant George Thorold Davidson
Digital gallery of
Sub-Lieutenant George Thorold Davidson
Digital gallery of
Sub-Lieutenant George Thorold Davidson
Digital gallery of
Sub-Lieutenant George Thorold Davidson
Digital gallery of
Sub-Lieutenant George Thorold Davidson
Digital gallery of
Sub-Lieutenant George Thorold Davidson
Digital gallery of
Sub-Lieutenant George Thorold Davidson
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
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