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Son of Thomas and Edith Davis, of Merrickville, Ontario. Native of Bishop's Mills, Ontario. He was a school teacher when he enlisted. There is a plaque in memory of Pte Davis on the pulpit of the United Church in Eastons Corners, Ontario. Information courtesy of Merrickville Memorial Project, May 2002.
Digital gallery of Private William George Foxton Davis
Digital gallery of
Private William George Foxton Davis
Digital gallery of
Private William George Foxton Davis
This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War.
Digital gallery of
Private William George Foxton Davis
William Davis is honoured on page 10 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003.
Digital gallery of
Private William George Foxton Davis
From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William George Foxton Davis
From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War.
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William Davis is honoured on page 10 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003.
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From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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