BORN HULL 1896. SON OF GEORGE BELL DAWS (1856-1911) AND SUSANNAH ELIZABETH BRAY (1854-1948), OF 44, SYMONS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 18, WYNBURG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A BUTCHER’S APPRENTICE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH 2ND BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/06/1916, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, ON THE SOMME.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER, SUSANNAH. HE LEFT SIBLINGS, OLIVE, SIDNEY, GEORGE AND VIOLET DAWS.
First name:
PERCY
Regiment:
Military Number:
13166
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/06/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
20
