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Son of Major John M. and Gertrude Boswell Davison, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Charles William Davison
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Lieutenant Charles William Davison
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Lieutenant Charles William Davison
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Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles William Davison
One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content."
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Lieutenant Charles William Davison
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Lieutenant Charles William Davison
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles William Davison
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles William Davison
This is the 1914-1918 medal awarded to CW Davison. His name is on the side of the medal.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles William Davison
Photo of the back of Davison's medal.
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One of two memorial tablets set within a spectacular carved alabaster chancel screen. Erected in memory of the men of St. Paul's who died during the first World War and unveiled in March 1926. Each alabaster tablet incorporates mosaic work depicting kneeling angels holding a laurel wreath and a torch. Seventy-six names in total were listed by date of death. Inscribed: "IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE", and from The Very Reverend Cyril Alington: "And us they trusted. We the task inherit / The unfinished task for which their lives were spent / But leaving us a portion of their spirit / They gave their witness and they died content."
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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This is the 1914-1918 medal awarded to CW Davison. His name is on the side of the medal.
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Photo of the back of Davison's medal.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 586 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY Nord, France
St. Souplet is a village about 6 kilometres south of Le Cateau, which is a small town approximately 20 kilometres south-east of Cambrai. ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village after the village of St. Benin.
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