Private Thomas Davidson

Army Number: 2725

Battalion: 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Son of George and Sarah Davidson, of 2, Dunn Yard, Ratcliffe Gate, Mansfield. He was a labourer prior to enlisting on 16th October 1914 at Mansfield. He went to France on 6th June 1915 and was killed, 31st July 1915, aged 25, by British Artillery when a shell fell short of its target at Zouave Wood, near Ypres, Belgium.

Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 39 and 41.

Private Thomas Davidson is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.