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https://hdl.handle.net/10599/11806| Teideal: | Memorial to Capt. William J. Davis |
| Údair: | Power, David Power, David |
| Eochairfhocail: | World War 1 Great War |
| Dáta Eisithe: | 1916 |
| Cur Síos: | Plain white marble memorial tablet with shelf on a black background. Dedicated to Captain William J. Davis of the 60th Rifles, it incorporates a carved officer's rifles busby, crossbelt and sword on a shelf. Beneath is a relief of lion on a chapeau and the legend "Auspice Christo"(Under the Guidance of Christ). Dedication reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD - AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM J DAVIS, 60TH RIFLES - ADJUTANT 8TH BATTALION - ELDER SON OF GENERAL SIR JOHN DAVIS K.C.B. - AND GERTRUDE HIS WIFE - HE WAS BORN 13TH JUNE 1882 - KILLED IN ACTION AT HOOGE, NEAR YPRES - 31ST JULY 1915 - AND IS BURIED IN THE HOOGE CEMETERY - "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD" Note: The battle at Hooge in July 1915 was the first occasion in which flamethrowers were used in combat |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10599/11806 |
| Copyright: | South Dublin Libraries Local Studies |
| Location: | Click here to view the location in Google Maps  |
| Tá sé i mBailiúcháin: | Published Items South Dublin County War Memorials |
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