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Robert Fenton Davidson |
CWGC:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 5th Battalion
No: 9124
Date of Death: 21st February 1916
Age: 18
Buried: Sandymount Cemetery
Additional Information: Son of David & Barbara, Glasgow
SNWM:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 5th Battalion
No: 9124
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 21st February 1916
Place of Death: England
Cause of Death: Died
SDGW: Not Listed
MIC:
Robert F. Davidson. Private, Scottish Rifles, No. 9124
Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals.
Soldiers’ Effects:
Robert F. Davidson. Private, 1st/5th Battalion, Scottish Rifles. Died of wounds, Royal Hospital, Woolwich, 22nd February 1916.
Father David.
1901 Census, Living at 51 Cumbernauld Road, Dennistoun
Father David Davidson. age 36, Mercantile Clerk, born Mauchline, Ayrshire
Mother Barbara Davidson, age 25, born Glasgow
Child: Robert F. Davidson, age 2, born Glasgow
Glasgow Herald, 25th February 1916. ‘Deaths on Service’
Davidson. At the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, on 21st inst., from wounds received in Flanders on 18th? Inst., Rifleman Robert Fenton (Bertie?), 5th Scottish Rifles, aged 17 years and ten months, beloved son of David and Barbara Davidson, ?? Armadale Street, Dennistoun and eldest grandson of Robert Fenton, wool merchant, 429? Duke Street. Military funeral on Saturday 26th curt., to Sandymount Cemetery, at 2.30 p.m. Friends desiring to attend please notify Gourlie Watson Ltd., Bellgrove Street.
Sandymount Cemetery:
Erected by David and Barbara Davidson
In loving memory of their daughter Davina
Who died 15th August 1902 aged 6 ½ months
Also their beloved son Rifleman Robert Fenton, 5th Scottish Rifles
Who was wounded in Flanders 10th February 1916 and died at Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich
21st February 1916 in his 18th year
The above David Davidson who died 28th November 1934 aged 70 years
