Telegram from Samuel Davidson to Frederick Ponsonby, 11 July 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Samuel Cleland Davidson

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Telegram from Samuel Cleland Davidson (1846-1921) to Frederick Ponsonby (1867-1935) thanking the King and Queen for their sympathy regarding the death of his son, Captain James Davidson (1877-1916).Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson was an Irish inventor and founder of the Sirocco Engineering Works in Belfast. During the First World War the Sirocco Engineering Works manufactured and exported equipment for cooling, drying, dust collecting, heating, ventilating, pneumatic conveyance for the Royal and Merchant Navy. Frederick Edward Ponsonby, first Baron Sysonby, was an author and courtier. From 1914 until 1935 Ponsonby served as the Keeper of the Privy Purse, introducing heavy reductions in the royal household's expenditure during the First World War. This letter is part of a large correspondence from Captain James Davidson to his parents. Davidson, who was Managing Director of the Sirocco Engineering Works in Belfast, served with 13 Royal Irish Rifles and the Machine Gun Corps. His letters describe his experiences while training in England and serving in France. He was killed on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Davidson Papers D3642-A-2-5-1, Davidson Papers D3642-A-2-5-1 https://letters1916.ie/item/1046 English Samuel Cleland Davidson 1916-07-11 Seacourt, Bangor, Co. Down, Ireland Frederick Edward Ponsonby Buckingham Palace, London, England Male World War I (1914-1918) World War I (1914-1918) Personal Relations

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 From Davidson & Co, Ltd., Sirocco Engineering Works, Belfast The Keeper of the Privy Purse, 11/7/16. Buckingham Palace, London TO: I have just received your telegram of yesterday evening please convey to their majesties the King and Queen my deep appreciation of their sympathy so graciously expressed. S.C. Davidson Seacourt, Bangor, Co. Down. Buckingham Palace, London, England Telegram from Samuel Davidson to Frederick Ponsonby, 11 July 1916Letter from Thomas Mercer to Arthur John Bigge, 8 June 1916Letter from Edward, Prince of Wales to John Redmond, 31 January 1916Letter from Colonel Clive Wigram to John Redmond, 3 April 1916Letter from John McDonald to King George V, 26 June 1916Letter from Daniel Gordon to King George, 8 April 1916 Seacourt, Bangor, Co. Down, Ireland Letter from James Davidson to Clara Mary Davidson, 3 November 1915Letter from James Davidson to his mother, Clara Mary. Davidson, 16 February 1916Letter from James Davidson to Clara Davidson, 30 June 1916Telegram from Samuel Davidson to Frederick Ponsonby, 11 July 1916Letter from K.E. Fitzgerald to Clara Davidson, 5 July 1916Postcard from James Davidson to Clara Davidson, 25 June 1916Letter from James Davidson to Clara Davidson, 28 June 1916Telegram from the War Office to Samuel Cleland Davidson, 7 July 1916Telegram from James Davidson to Samuel and Clara Davidson, 8 April 1916Letter from James Davidson to Clara Davidson, 12 April 1916Letter from James Davidson to Clara Davidson, 18 June 1916Letter from James Davidson to Clara Davidson, 16 April 1916Letter from James Davidson to Clara Davidson, 21 June 1916Letter from James Davidson to his mother, Clara Mary Davidson, 29 February 1916Letter from James Davidson to his father Samuel Cleland Davidson, 16 February 1916Letter from James Davidson to Clara Davidson, 5 June 1916Letter from James Davidson to Clara Davidson, 6 June 1916Telegram from James Davidson to Samuel and Clara Davidson, 10 April 1916Letter from James Davidson to Clara Davidson, 9 April 1916Letter from James Davidson to Clara Davidson, 15 June 1916 Frederick Edward Ponsonby Telegram from Samuel Davidson to Frederick Ponsonby, 11 July 1916 Samuel Cleland Davidson Telegram from Samuel Cleland Davidson to Captain SJ Davidson, 6 March 1916Telegram from Samuel Davidson to Frederick Ponsonby, 11 July 1916Note from R.B. Henry to Samuel Davidson, 10 July 1916Letter from Samuel Davidson to Lieutenant William Ashcroft, 7 July 1916Telegram from the War Office to Samuel Cleland Davidson, 7 July 1916Letter from William Ashcroft to Samuel Cleland & Clara Davidson, 3 July 1916Telegram from James Davidson to Samuel and Clara Davidson, 8 April 1916Letter from James Davidson to Samuel Davidson, 9 June 1916Letter from James Davidson to his father Samuel Cleland Davidson, 16 February 1916Telegram from James Davidson to Samuel and Clara Davidson, 10 April 1916