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Walter Robertson Davidson

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A.B. Walter Robertson Davidson

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: Clyde Z/417
  • Rank: Able Seaman
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit/Ship: Nelson Battalion, R.N. Div
  • Place of Death: Turkey/Gallipoli
  • Age at Death: 19
  • Date of Death: 06.06.1915
  • Burial Country: Turkey/Gallipoli
  • Cemetery: Helles Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 8 to 15

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: 29 Rosefield Street, Dundee
  • Occupation: North British Railway Company
  • Mother:

    Isabella Davidson, 13 Church St, Eyemouth

  • Father:

    James Davidson

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Walter Robertson Davidson

Walter has no known grave but is remembered on the Helles Memorial.

DUNDEE RAILWAYMAN KILLED AT DARDANELLES. Mr James Davidson, railway guard, 29 Rosefield Street, Dundee, has received official intimation that his son, Able Seaman Walter R. Davidson, was killed near the Dardanelles.
Seaman Davidson, who was 19 years of age, was attached to the Nelson Battalion of the Naval Brigade, in which he enlisted in September. He was formerly employed with the North British Railway Company at Tay Bridge Station. The Courier, Friday, 25 June 1915, 4.
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Walter R Davidson was the son of James Davidson of 29 Rosefield Street, Dundee and he was employed with the North British Railway Company at Tay Bridge Station before enlisting in September 1914. He was one of the first Dundee men to volunteer to join the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve onboard HMS Unicorn for service in the Royal Naval Division. After initial Naval Training at the Crystal Palace in South London he was sent to Blandford Camp in Dorset for advanced military training. On completion, he joined the Nelson Battalion which sailed for the Middle East in late February and landing on Gallipoli in April 1915. Walter Davidson survived the opening day of the Third Battle of Krithia but was killed in action two days later. His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Helles Memorial on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey.

Additional information supplied by Gary Thomson

Further information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie

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