Execution Dock His remains were gibbeted by the river Thames at Tilbury for three years. George Davis and William Watts, convicted for piracy for the "Cyprus" mutiny, were the final hangings at the dock on 16 December 1830. Some sources state there is a large "E" on the Thames side of the building at Swan Wharf, indicating the site of Execution Dock. Another source states it was approximately where the London Overground station now stands. Execution Dock Execution Dock was a place in the River Thames near the shoreline at Wapping, London, that was used for more than 400 years to execute
William Mahlon Davis Donald Davis was serving overseas at the time of his father's death. He is commemorated on Page 395 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. William Mahlon Davis Lieutenant Colonel William Mahlon Davis was a Canadian surveyor, civil engineer, harbour engineer and officer. Lt. Col. William Mahlon Davis was born May 26, 1857, to Joel Wallace and Catherine Adams Davis in Malahide Township. William's grandfather (and Joel's father) was Deacon William Joseph Davis (1783-1865) who, with his four brothers, were among the first settlers in 1810 in the Malahide Township area William Mahlon Davis attended the Canadian Literary Institute,