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Alexander Davidson

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Alexander's Gravemarker (image courtesy of International Wargraves Project)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Perth
  • Service no: 292617
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 1st/7th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 25.04.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: III.A.5.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Murroes by Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mary Davidson, 4 Kennet Cottages, Clackmannan

  • Father:
  • Siblings:

    William

  • Spouse:
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More about Alexander Davidson

Alexander is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour. He shares a final resting place with Pte J. P. Edmunds, 4210, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, who died 12.04.1917.

Alex was the brother of Pte William Davidson, 416811, Labour Corps, who died from tuberculosis, 29.08.1921.

Information supplied by Gary Thomson

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