Back to Listing / Search...

We need you to tell us more about the life and times of William Sandeman Davidson

William Sandeman Davidson

Click to enlarge

William's Medal index card courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: 1665642
  • Rank: Bombardier
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
  • Unit/Ship:
  • Place of Death: 14 Bowling Tce, St Andrews
  • Age at Death: 37
  • Date of Death: 02.08.1919
  • Burial Country: Scotland
  • Cemetery: St. Andrews Western Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 03.05.1882
  • Place of Birth: Lochee, Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:
  • Father:

    William Davidson

  • Siblings:

    Elizabeth, born 1859, James, born 1860, Isabella, born 1862, Ann, born 1866 & Mary, born 1875

  • Spouse:

    Jessie Ann Laing

  • Children:

    Helen Lamb, born 26.09.1919 & William George,born 17.07.1913

More about William Sandeman Davidson

William died from gas asphyxia. For reasons unknown he was not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour, and he is also not recorded on either C.W.G.C. or S.D.G.W. but is remembered on the Scottish National War Memorial.

William Sandeman Davidson   1665642   Royal Garrison Artillery

DAVIDSON―At 14 Bowling Terrace St. Andrews, on the 2d inst., William Sandeman Davidson, blacksmith, aged 37 years, beloved husband of Jessie Laing, son of the late William Davidson, blacksmith, Lochee.  Funeral to Western Cemetery on Wednesday, 6th inst., at 1.30.  Friends, please accept this (the only)  intimation and invitation.

Dundee Evening Telegraph 5th August 1919

Information added by Gary Thomson, and was courtesy of livesofthefirstworldwar, IWM. Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

Can you tell us more about William Sandeman Davidson'? Some additional facts, a small story handed down through the family or perhaps a picture or an heirloom you can share online. Contact our curator...

THANK YOU for your interest in helping the Great War Dundee project. Please complete the short form below and a curator will contact you in the next few days.

    I am writing to:

    [wos_roh_data]