James Smith Davenport

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772956

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Wounded:

Yes

Date of death:

July 5th, 1918

Cemetery:

Bramshott (St. Mary) Churchyard - Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - II.C.27.

Commemorated at:

I.O.O.F. Memorial Tablet and Obelisk Harmony Lodge

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Lancashire

Birth city:

Greater Manchester, Stockport

Address at enlistment:

116 St. George Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

116 St. George Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Stereotyper

Employer:

Brantford Expositor

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Cause and Place of Death: Died, Pneumonia. No. 12 Canadian General Hospital, Bramshott

BX July 8, 1918

Private James Smith Davenport Pays the Price – Wounded in France He Died of Pneumonia in England

The sad intelligence was received yesterday of the death of James S. Davenport at the Bramshott Military Hospital in England on July 5, following an illness of about two weeks’ duration of Pneumonia. “Jim,” as he was familiarly known to all the employees of The Expositor, was formerly a member of the press room staff. He answered the call of country, with many others of The Expositor, in 1916, and joined the 125th Battalion. He got to France and was wounded, afterwards contracting his illness. His death was learned with most sincere regret by a large number of friends. A widow and three children are left to survive, residing at 116 St. George Street. Private Davenport was a member of Harmony Lodge No. 113, I.O.O.F.

BX November 14, 1917

Private James Smith Davenport Reported Wounded

Private James Smith Davenport is reported wounded with gunshot in the right arm, on Nov. 5th. He was with the 125th Battalion, and went to France Oct. 10, 1916. He was a member of Harmony Lodge, I.O.O.F., and an employee of The Expositor’s stereotyping department.

BX September 18, 1916

Visited Home Town

In a letter to a local friend Private James Smith Davenport of the 125th Battalion, and a former Expositor employee, states that he occupied his six days leave in his old home, Stockport, where he spent a happy reunion with his relatives and friends after an absence of 12 years. Private Davenport, speaking of the people of Stockport, says:

Everyone was full of praise for the Canadians, and, although an Englishman by birth, there is no man prouder of the maple leaf badge on his uniform than I am. Canada for Me.