James Samuel DAVIDSON (2)

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James Samuel DAVIDSON Captain
Machine Gun Company, 108th Infantry Brigage, 36th (Ulster) Division
Director and General Manager of Davidson and Co Ltd.
Who having responded to the call of his country fell in action near Thiepval, France, on 1st July 1916.

James worked as general manager in his father's business and patented several of his own mechanical engineering developments. He toured the world in 1911 making business deals in Russia, Japan and America, and was expected to eventually take over from his father. He served as a volunteer with the 1st Battalion North Down Regiment of the Ulster Volunteer Force and during World War I he became a captain in the 13th Royal Irish Rifles. James was shot dead by a German sniper on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, aged 39, while being carried back to the British trenches after fighting hard all day and being shot in the knee.


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