Morpeth Herald 21/05/1915 [sic] carries a brief obituary:
Intimation has been received stating that Pte. John Davidson, of Ashington, a married man, has died as a result of inhaling poisonous gases whilst at the front. He was in the Northumberlands.
He is remembered at Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27) and A17.43 and in the Battlion History