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Private Alfred Riley Davenport

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1876-06-10
Place of birth: Manchester England England
Next of kin: Mrs William Davenport, Mother, Prestwich, Manchester England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: Milnaport, Alberta
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 80130
Highest Rank: Private (31st Battalion)
Rank detail

Private, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded in the Battle of Mount Sorrel 13th June 1916. Killed in Action in attack at Vimy Ridge.
Awards

1914-1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1566970
LAC ID: 347287
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B2305-S048
Uploader's Notes:

Son of William and Mary Ann Davenport, of Hawthorn Villa, Prestwich, Manchester, England.

His brothers, B-3185 Pte. Stanley Mowbray Davenport, 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade; and, 541 Pte. Albert Victor Davenport, 38th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, also died in the War. Stanley was Killed in Action near Hooge Crater, Battle of Neuve Chapelle, July 30, 1915; Albert Died of Wounds in France February 16, 1917.

This man had previously served for 2 years in the S.A. Police.

Uploader's Research notes:

Info from the war diary and attestation papers. This man is on the CWGC site.

Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion A Victory Medal 1914/15 Star British War Medal ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-12