Community activist.
Born at Winnipeg on 29 March 1935 to Emma Josephine Kaiser (1903-1991) and Sydney Robert Davy (1896-1961), he was a sports enthusiast and in his 20s became the undefeated Manitoba/Saskatchewan lightweight amateur boxing champion. He then spent many years coaching hockey and football in Winnipeg.
After his retirement from a long career with Canadian National Railway, he devoted his time to the Royal Commonwealth Society, of which he was President for 20 years. His greatest passion was studying the history and accomplishments of spymaster William Stephenson, known as “The Man Called Intrepid”. Together with fellow enthusiasts Russell Nicholas Maley and Adelene Manness-Smith, he founded and was first President of the Intrepid Society and took it upon himself to ensure that Stephenson was remembered and honoured as a citizen of Winnipeg.
With the help of other Intrepid Society members, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), he successfully petitioned the City of Winnipeg to name the Keewatin Street City Library after Stephenson. He also commissioned sculptor Leo Mol to create the statue of Stephenson that stands on Memorial Boulevard. He and Society members accomplished several tasks to honour war veterans, such as raising funds to move the Angel of Victory statue memorializing fallen soldiers from its original location at the Canadian Pacific Railway station to the grounds of the Deer Lodge Centre.
He died at Winnipeg on 30 May 2007 and was buried in the Little Britain Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sir William S. Stephenson, 1897-1989 (Memorial Park, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winged Victory Monument (2109 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 3 June 2007.
“Sydney Dennis White Davy,” Davy Family Tree, Ancestry.
The Intrepid Society Registered, The Intrepid Society.
This page was prepared by Lois Braun.
Page revised: 6 September 2024
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