BORN HEBBURN, DURHAM 17/12/1888. SON OF SARAH ELIZABETH SMITH (FORMERLY DAVIDSON) & THE LATE JOHN DAVIDSON, OF 4 WILLIAMS TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE MARRIED ALICE MAUD COX, IN HULL, IN 1915. HIS WIFE, ALICE (BORN 19 NOV 1886), LIVED AT 14. WALTERS TERRACE, WALLER STREET. HULL AND 8, OXFORD TERRACE, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD A STEP CHILD, MARY ALICE COX, BORN ON 1ST APRIL 1903.
HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 09/01/1907. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 825, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH MACHINE GUN COMPANY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 28. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 12/06/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ALICE M. BARBER.
