John E. Davis (sailor)
John E. Davis may refer to: * Jack Davis (veteran) (John Edward Davis, 1895–2003), British World War I veteran * John E. Davis (North Dakota politician) (1913–1990), governor of North Dakota, 1957–1961 * John E. Davis (architect) (1891–1961), American architect and college football player * John E. Davis (Texas politician) (born 1960), member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1999 to present * John Edward Davis (Royal Navy officer) (1815–1877) * J. Elwood Davis (1892–1974) American football player * John Emmeus Davis (born 1949), scholar, writer, teacher and community organizer See also *John Davis (other) John Davis may refer to: Academics * John A. G. Davis (1802–1840), professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, shot to death by a student * John Aubrey Davis Sr. (1912–2002), African American activist and political science professor ...

Jack Davis (veteran)
John Edward Davis (1 March 1895 – 20 July 2003) was one of the last surviving British veterans of the First World War and the last of Kitchener's Volunteers. He died aged 108, by which point he was the oldest living British veteran of the First World War. He once made a famous speech about his life: "I would not agree to participate in any form of warfare again. Wars have proved nothing, other than that everyone emerges from them as a loser in some way or another. I joined up in 1914, aged 19, in response to Lord Kitchener's appeal for 100,000 volunteers. My friends and I thought it would offer a welcome change to our normal lives. We were excited by the prospect of going to war - but we didn't know what we were getting into. When my regiment first saw action, we found it wasn't anything like we were expecting. Where I was - the Ypres Salient in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern ...
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John E
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope J ...
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John Edward Davis (Royal Navy Officer)
John Edward Davis (1815-1877) was a Royal Navy officer, hydrographic surveyor and artist, noted for his illustrations of the Antarctic voyage of James Clark Ross (1839-1843) and for his expertise in deep-sea sounding. Davis was born in 1815 and entered the Navy in July 1828. From 1831 to 1837 he served on and in South America, becoming master's assistant. He spent a period with ''HMS Beagle'' surveying parts of the coasts of Chile, Peru and Bolivia. From May 1837 he served on the North American and West India station, first as second master on , then as acting master on . In August 1839 Davis was appointed second master on under Captain Francis Crozier. In September ''Terror'', along with , sailed for the Antarctic on what would be a four year Ross expedition, voyage of discovery led by James Clark Ross. The expedition discovered the Transantarctic Mountains and the volcanoes Mount Erebus, Erebus and Mount Terror (Antarctica), Terror, named after the ships. Davis was responsible ...
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