BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF FRANK AND ELIZA BETSY DAWSON (1868-1946), OF 5 LADYGATE, BEVERLEY, (CWGC ADDRESS) ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. WORKED AS A PLATER. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1348, 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 20/09/1916, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED AT DERNACOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZA BETSY. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE BEVERLEY’S WW1 MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.
HIS BROTHER, CORPORAL, JAMES DUNCAN DAWSON, 10025, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, FIVE DAYS LATER, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 21.
First name:
ARTHUR CYRIL
Military Number:
1348
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/09/1916
Place died:
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
23
5 LADYGATE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
