William Davidson

1883 - 1915  (31 years)

• Name	William Davidson  [1]
  Birth	22 Jul 1883	Catterline, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Name	William Davidson
  Death	3 Jun 1915	Dardenelles, Turkey   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Aft 3 Jun 1915	Gelibolu, Canakkale, Turkey   [1]
  Person ID	I501	FHC029 - Stephen Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 May 2024

  
  

  Father	James Davidson,   b. Abt 1847   d. 16 Apr 1905, Catterline, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age ~ 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Stephen,   b. Abt 1844, Kinneff, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 6 Jan 1926, 11 Catterline, Catterline, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age ~ 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Oct 1871	St Phillips, Catterline, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Jul 1883 - Catterline, Kincardineshire, Scotland Death - 3 Jun 1915 - Dardenelles, Turkey Burial - Aft 3 Jun 1915 - Gelibolu, Canakkale, Turkey  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William Davidson, who was born on July 22, 1883 in Catterline, Aberdeenshire to James & Elizabeth (Stephen) Davidson, enlisted as an Able Seaman (Service # Clyde Z/1740) with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Benbow Battalion R.N. Div. on October 24, 1914. An Insurance Agent, by trade, William was living at 29 New Street in Stonehaven when he enlisted. On June 3, 1915, Able Seaman Davidson was killed in action near Dardanelles, Turkey and was buried 200 yards west of 3rd pillar East Krithia Road, by a Chaplain Bevill Close. His body would later be moved to the Skew Bridge Cemetery in Canakkale, Turkey. He was 31 years old. William was survived by his widowed mother, who was living at 14 Catterline, as well as by his wife, Ida Mary Davidson and their son, William Davidson, who were both living at 37 High Street in Stonehaven when they learned of his death. Unfortunately, William Jr. would also be killed 27 years later on October 29, 1942, while serving with the Canadian Merchant Navy on board the "SS Bic Island", which was torpedoed and sunk by U-224 southwest of Rockall Islet in the North Atlantic Ocean. Able Seaman Davidson's name is inscribed on the Skew Bridge Cemetery - Special Memorial - A. 30 in Canakkale, Turkey, as well as on the family headstone at the Dunnottar Kirkyard in Stonehaven and the Stonehaven & District War Memorial.

  
  

• Sources

  [S703] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: a; Date: 2012;). Record for Able Seaman William Davidson https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60541&h=3798880&indiv=try [S11] Gravestone, St Phillips Graveyard, Catterline, Kincardineshire. [S524] Death Information, Service Returns June 1915. [S25] Marriage Certificate, Scotland's People Parish of Kinneff & Catterline 262/00 0006. [S624] Marriage Information, Scotland's People OPR Dundee Forfarshire 282/00 0210 0167 Dundee.