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Private HARRY MOORCROFT DAWES

Service Number: 29377
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

III. H. 10.

France

Headstone CH

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone

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Headstone CH

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Headstone CH. Chipped halfway down the front of the stone.

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone with chip

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Headstone CH

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Headstone PM

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone

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Headstone CH/PM

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Headstone with chip

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Headstone CH/PM

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone PM

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone CH

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone CH

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone PM

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone PM

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone CH

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone PM

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone CH

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

Headstone CH

Photographer: Audrey Anderson

headstone

Photographer: donald brown

headstone

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headstone

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headstone

Photographer: donald brown

Recumbent commission headstone

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Cleaned. Slight discolouration in Granite level with cross.

Photographer: Colin McGrory

Grave marker

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Grave marker

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Recumbent commission headstone

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Recumbent commission headstone

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Grave marker

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Grave marker

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Grave marker

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Moved Private Memorial. Cleaned and tidied. Replaced Private Memorial

Photographer: Colin McGrory

Photos of UK Hub sites courtesy of photo agency In-Press Photography, which CWGC has permission to reproduce - September 2020: Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery, Edinburgh

Photographer: In-Press Photography

Horticultural plots in Scotland 2010 : Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery

Photographer: Iain Anderson

Grave marker

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Recumbent commission headstone

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Grave marker

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Recumbent commission headstone

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Grave marker

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Recumbent commission headstone

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Headstone

Photographer: Colin McGrory

Photo 1 - Headstone front after cleaning Photo 2 - Headstone side view showing out of plumb

Photographer: Colin McGrory

Headstone

Photographer: Colin McGrory

Headstone

Photographer: Colin McGrory

Recumbent commission headstone

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Headstone

Photographer: Colin McGrory

Cleaned. Could be slightly out of plumb leaning forward. Large tree root behind headstone.

Photographer: Colin McGrory

Grave marker

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Recumbent commission headstone

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Grave marker

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Headstone

Photographer: Colin McGrory

Recumbent commission headstone

Photographer: Andy Poulton-Watt

Site Visit

Photographer: donald brown

Site Visit

Photographer: donald brown

Site Visit

Photographer: donald brown

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Emily Prescott, of 37, Casterton St., Hackney, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Somme France
Number of casualties: 589
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