BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOSEPH & ISABEL DAWSON, OF 3, WALTER’S TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A LIGHTERMAN. ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A DUSTMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 123 LBS WEIGHT, 35.5 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, BROWN HAIR, A SCAR ON HIS NOSE.
HIS WIFE FLORENCE CROWTHER (FORMERLY DAWSON), LIVED AT 10 VICTORIA TERRACE, LORNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 02/09/1914, AGED 22 YEARS AND 10 DAYS. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11604, 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS DISCHARGED ON 01/12/1914, AFTER 91 DAYS AS “UNLIKELY TO BE AN EFFICIENT SOLDIER”. CONSCRIPTED IN 1916. HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 24920, 9TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. WAS KILLED AT PASSCHENDAELE, ON 04/10/1917, AGED 24.
HE IS BURIED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “REST IN PEACE”
