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INDENTM.C. London Gazette 26.3.1917 2nd Lieut. Yeomanry attached Royal Welsh Fusiliers. "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, he showed great coolness and resource in getting his patrol over almost impossible ground. Although only accompanied by twelve men, he inflicted considerable casualties to the retreating enemy."
Captain R.A. Davidson M.C., a Senior N.C.O. with the Denbighshire Hussars prior to the outbreak of the Great War, was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant May 1915 and proceeded with his unit to Egypt in March the following year; a number of photographs with the group indicate an asssociation with the Imperial Camel Corps and Light Armoured Car Patrols. Davidson is shown in the 1945 Army List as Local Lieut. Colonel.
Captain R.A. Davidson M.C., a Senior N.C.O. with the Denbighshire Hussars prior to the outbreak of the Great War, was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant May 1915 and proceeded with his unit to Egypt in March the following year; a number of photographs with the group indicate an asssociation with the Imperial Camel Corps and Light Armoured Car Patrols. Davidson is shown in the 1945 Army List as Local Lieut. Colonel.