Name
Melville Allen Duff Davis
Born
1890-08-26
Birth Place
Occupation
Student
Religion
Methodist
Died
1918-05-29
Death Place
Blackpool, England
Death
Died of wounds
Awards
Military Cross for bravery
Monument
Cemetery
Service Record 1
Regimental Number
490846
Highest Rank
Private
Conflict
Battalion
Company
University of Toronto
Enlisted
Toronto, ON
Enlistment /Transfer Date
1916-07-26
Service Record 2
Regimental Number
490846
Highest Rank
Second Lieutenant
Conflict
Battalion
King's Royal Rifles
Enlistment /Transfer Date
1917-01
Prev Exp
Canadian Officers Training Corps, University of Toronto
Wounded Date
1917-09
Wounds
Wounded, Leg amputated
Wounded Where
Mezieres, France
Artefacts, Photographs & Resources
For more information about Melville A. Davis, and the artifacts featured below, visit the Bruce County Museum's Online Collections.
Online Collections Link
Notes
Transferred as a candidate as an officer in the Imperial Army January 12, 1917Sources & Links
- History of the County of Bruce Vol. 2- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
- Find a Grave
News Clippings
Melville Allen Duff Davis framed display, RCL #383
Biographical sketch
Melville Allen Duff Davis framed display, RCL #383
Milton Davis obituary (A2016.089.002 album)
Canadian Echo Wiarton, January 22, 1919
Southampton Beacon, January 23, 1919
