Service Details
Name:
 DAVEY
Given Name:
 MARK LAWRENCE
Initials:
 M L
Service No:
 37
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-08-09
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Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received 18th July
Additional
Information:
Son of John Thomas and Elizabeth Davey (nee Robson), of Keswick, Cumberland. Member of Keswick volunteer fire brigade before leaving for South Africa 6 years before the war. Wounded in both legs by a shell at Delville Wood 18th July, right leg was later amputated but died of gangrene in hospital.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IX. D. 3A.

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