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Able Seaman W DAWSON

Service Number: TynesideZ/8773
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Hawke Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 05 February 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART

Sp. Mem. C. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Beck Dawson and Fanny Dawson; husband of Lena Dawson, of 13, Hawthorne St., Silsden, Keighley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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