BORN LEVEN, YORKSHIRE, 1897. SON OF GEORGE DAWSON, A FARM LABOURER, AND WIDOWER. LIVED HULL. GRANDSON OF HENRY AND RACHEL DAWSON, OF EAST STREET, LEVEN. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. EX 4392 NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 30643, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS GRANDMOTHER, RACHEL.
HIS NAME IS ALSO LISTED ON THE LEVEN WW1 MEMORIAL, HULL.
First name:
GEORGE
Regiment:
Military Number:
30643
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/04/1918
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
21
