BORN HULL 1894. THIRD SON OF JAMES FIRTH DAWSON (1849-1913) & ELIZABETH ANN DAWSON, OF 9 HAWTHORNE VILLAS, BALFOUR STREET, HULL. SON OF A CRANE DRIVER IN THE LOCAL SHIPYARD. HE WORKED AS A SAW BACKER IN THE TIMBER YARDS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 13/425, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 21/05/1918, AGED 24. HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED AT BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY, YPRES, BELGIUM.
First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
93026
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/05/1918
Place died:
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
24
