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Lieut-Commander DOUGLAS ALGERNON DAWSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

301 L.C.F. Flotilla Commander, H.M.L.C.F. 42

Date of Death

Died 30 June 1944

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

1. V. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Cecil and Louie Dawson; husband of Vera Betty Dawson, of Wallingford, Berkshire.
  • Personal Inscription "O VALIANT HEART"
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1005
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