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The DAVEY FAMILY
 

Daniel, Samuel and Private Frederick W. DAVEY (see Memorial Cross page for Frederick’s full story)

3 Davey Brothers

Brothers Samuel, Frederick W. and Daniel Davey.

The photograph was takent at the fortnight’s annual camp of the 6th Devons in 1913 or earlier.  It is on Woodbury Common, near Exmouth where the Devon and Cornwall Infantry Brigade practised their drill and manoeuvres each year, with the three brothers standing together.  In the background, off duty, a cricket match is being played.
    After 1913 Samuel is reported to have gone to Canada where he has yet to be traced.

Frederick W. Davey’s Wedding,   12th April 1913

back row L to R: sister Ellen, brothers Samuel, Daniel, Frederick W. and Thomas
front row L to R: father Frederick, sons Bertie(behind), Herbert, bride Emily Louisa Robins, (in front) ?, mother Mary Isabella, son Ricgard
     After Fred died in 1916, Daniel married Emily Louisa in the summer of 1919.

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