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Second Lieutenant JOHN LEONARD DAWSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Bedfordshire Regiment

10th Bn. attd. 1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

D. 50.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Charles Dawson, of Lima, Peru, and Annie Florence Dawson, of 4, Manor Rd., Richmond, Surrey. Gazetted from London Scottish.
  • Personal Inscription JESUS SAID UNTO HER I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE JOHN XI. 25
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Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 947
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