BORN BEVERLEY 1895. SON OF FRANK AND ELIZA BETSY DAWSON (1868-1946), OF 5 LADYGATE, BEVERLEY, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED AS CORPORAL, 10025, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 21.COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS BROTHER, ARTHUR CYRIL DAWSON, HAD DIED OF WOUNDS FIVE DAYS EARLIER, AGED 23..
First name:
JAMES DUNCAN
Regiment:
Military Number:
10025
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
25/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
21
