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PostSubject: Re: Corporal John Davis    john - Corporal John Davis  EmptySat Oct 29, 2022 9:03 am

Hi All,
BMD records list his death in Swindon district 1911 age78 so born circa 1833. All the military i can find are all dischaeged by 1879, so he probably served in South Africa for one of the earlier African Campaigns.
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Similar Topics be below lists a J Davis at a 80th regiment reunion: J Davis 614, maybe the same man.
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