Christiana Davis fatally wounding an opponent during a duel she fought while masquerading as a...

Christiana Davis (1667-1739) fatally wounding an opponent during a duel she fought while masquerading as a soldier. Christian Davies (1667 - 7 July 1739), born Christian Cavanagh, was a female soldier (disguised as a man) and later a sutler for the 4th Dragoons, later the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons. She was also known as Kit Cavanagh and Mother Ross. She served, in disguise, as a trooper in the British Army first as an infantry man, from 1697 until 1701, and then for five years as a dragoon in the Scots Greys from 1701 until discovered in 1706 while searching for her husband.