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{{Personnel
|id=3017
|Surname and forenames=Davison Raymond
|Army number=4457144
|Rank=Pte
|Age=21
|Unit=11 DLI
|Died/Killed in action=10/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of John and Dora Davison, Ryhope. Death may have occurred up to 26 4 1941.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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-It may well be significant that Pte Davison is buried alongside 2/Lt Moscrop - also of 11th Battalion.  It is possible that Davison was Lt Moscrop's driver - though this remains to be investigated - or at least was travelling with him - and they '''may''' have been killed together after having visited 23rd Divisional HQ seeking transport to rescue a group from the Battalion taking cover near Ficheux after the disaster on 20th May.  It appears that Pte Davison's remains may not have been discovered until April 1941, and there would have been no evidence of his date of death.  It could just as easily have been 21st May as 10th May - and even more likely that this was the case, given the location. More information on this incident is required.
+It may well be significant that Pte Davison is buried alongside 2/Lt Moscrop - also of 11th Battalion.  It is possible that Davison was Lt Moscrop's driver - though this remains to be investigated - or at least was travelling with him - and they '''may''' have been killed together after having visited 23rd Divisional HQ seeking transport to rescue a group from the Battalion taking cover near [[FICHEUX]] after the disaster on 20th May.  It appears that Pte Davison's remains may not have been discovered until April 1941, and there would have been no evidence of his date of death.  It could just as easily have been 21st May as 10th May - and even more likely that this was the case, given the location. More information on this incident is required.
 The DLI Roll of Honour shows his date of death as 26/4/1941, but this is highly unlikely.  The War Office casualty list shows only 1941.

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 |Age=21
 |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Autumn 1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI.  DIED between 10/5/40 and 26/4/41.  Date of death now shown as 10/5/40 by CWGC.
 |Died/Killed in action=10-May-40 (but see below).
 |Home address=Resident of Sunderland.  Son of John and Dora Davison, Ryhope.  Buried Grave 4, Chelers Communal Cemetery.

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 |Army number=4457144
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=21
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn. DIED between 10/5/40 and 26/4/41, Date of death now shown as 10/5/40 by CWGC.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Autumn 1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI.  DIED between 10/5/40 and 26/4/41.  Date of death now shown as 10/5/40 by CWGC.
 |Died/Killed in action=10-May-40 (but see below).
-|Home address=Son of John and Dora Davison, Ryhope.  Buried Grave 4, Chelers Communal Cemetery.
+|Home address=Resident of Sunderland.  Son of John and Dora Davison, Ryhope.  Buried Grave 4, Chelers Communal Cemetery.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}
-It may well be significant that Pte Davison is buried alongside 2/Lt Moscrop - also of 11th Battalion.  It is possible that Davison was Moscrop's driver - though this remains to be investigated - or at least was travelling with him - and they may have been killed together after having visited 23rd Divisional HQ seeking transport to rescue a group from the Battalion taking cover near Ficheux after the disaster on 20th May.  It appears that Pte Davison's remains may not have been discovered until April 1941, and there would have been no evidence of his date of death.  It could just as easily have been 21st May as 10th May - and even more likely that this was the case. More information on this incident is required.
+It may well be significant that Pte Davison is buried alongside 2/Lt Moscrop - also of 11th Battalion.  It is possible that Davison was Lt Moscrop's driver - though this remains to be investigated - or at least was travelling with him - and they '''may''' have been killed together after having visited 23rd Divisional HQ seeking transport to rescue a group from the Battalion taking cover near Ficheux after the disaster on 20th May.  It appears that Pte Davison's remains may not have been discovered until April 1941, and there would have been no evidence of his date of death.  It could just as easily have been 21st May as 10th May - and even more likely that this was the case, given the location. More information on this incident is required.

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 |Age=21
 |Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn. DIED between 10/5/40 and 26/4/41, Date of death now shown as 10/5/40 by CWGC.
-|Died/Killed in action=10-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=10-May-40 (but see below).
 |Home address=Son of John and Dora Davison, Ryhope.  Buried Grave 4, Chelers Communal Cemetery.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}