In Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany is the Commonwealth War Grave of 1590344 Sergeant Flight Engineer Francis Joseph Davidson, serving with the 419 (Royal Canadian Air Force) Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died 18/11/1943.

The son of Francis and Elizabeth Davidson, of Sunderland, Co. Durham and the husband of Georgina Davidson, of Felling, Gateshead, Co. Durham.

Sgt. Davidson was serving with 419 Squadron. He was a crew member of Halifax II LW239 VR-K which took off from Middleton St. George on a mission to Mannheim. All the crew are buried in the same cemetery.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1943;W.R. Chorley; 1996; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 90 3

Heslop’s Local Advertiser 14/12/1945 carries an In Memoriam notice:
Davidson, Felling, Francis, Killed Nov. 18th, 1943.

Francis Joseph Davidson is remembered at Gateshead in G39.135 page 25 and as Davison at Windy Nook on W59.05.