Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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 985 of 1140.

Grave Marker

Dickebushe Cemetery's Entrance

Honour Roll – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

Gananoque Remembers – Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices. Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.

Memorial Page – George H. Davis is honoured on page 32 of the Gananoque Remembers booklet, published on January 31, 2005.

Gananoque War Memorial - Gananoque, Ontario.

War Diary – More information was found re Cpl.Davis' death in the 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company April 1916 war diary. Part of the entry for 30th April 16 records: "Artillery signal office at Walled Garden struck by a shell and wiped out at 8.30 a.m. Out of 4 signallers, 3 were killed and one wounded." Under casualties is listed "No.93 Cpl Davis G.H." (On Davis' attestation paper, his number is written as 93,506.)

Document – Circumstances surrounding Cpl. Davis' death from the war diary: "L/Cpl Frogley, Cpl Davis, Spr Brewer and Spr craven were all in the Artillery signal office at Walled Garden when a heavy HE shell came through and exploded inside. The three killed men were buried at 9.30p.m. in the Dickebusch military graveyard with the usual rites (location of graveyard H33.b.10.2)."

World War I Memorial – Christ (Anglican) Church, Gananoque, ON courtesy Chris Andrew