Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Melville Davidson
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Cowdenbeath
- Service no: 198363
- Rank: Sapper
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
- Unit/Ship: Railway Operating Division
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 36
- Date of Death: 30.05.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: V.B.48.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: Adam's Tce, Kelty, Fife
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Ann Davidson, 42 West Port, Dundee
- Father:
John Davidson, 42 West Port, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Melville Davidson
Melville Davidson 198363 Royal Engineers
DAVIDSON___Died of wounds at Clearing Station, on 30th May, Sapper Melville Davidson, R.O.D., R.E., late A. and S.H., Adams Terrace, Kelty, aged 36, eldest son of John and Ann Davidson, 42 West Port, Dundee.
Dundee People’s Journal 15th June 1918
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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