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First Name: | John | Last Name: | DAVIDGE |
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| Date of Death: | 05/04/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Highbury | |
| Rank: | Private | Unit: | Scottish Rifles1 | |
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Current Information:Born-Islington Desplanque Farm Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, France
On 1st April, 1915, the 1st Scottish Rifles battalion, then part of 19 Brigade, 6th Division, moved into trenches at Rue-du-Bois between Fleurbaix and Laventie where they remained until relieved on 6th April. The battalion diary recorded 5th April as being a quiet day but not quiet enough for John Davidge was killed. The attrition rate among British soldiers on the Western Front was on average 300 each day and 60% of these were as a result of shellfire. When not involved in an actual battle it was either shell fire or a sniper’s bullet that caused most deaths and injuries. |
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