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Surname: DAWSON
Forename(s): Edward Carr
Place of Birth: Clapham, Yorkshire
Service No: 202174
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 1/4th Battalion
Division: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1917-10-26
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 19 to 23.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: INGLETON, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: NEWBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Edward Carr Dawson was the son of Edward and Elizabeth Dawson, née Metcalfe. Edward, senior, was born at Clapham and Elizabeth at Linton near Grassington, Yorkshire.
1901 Cold Cotes, Yorkshire Census: Edward C. Dawson, aged 8 years, born Cold Cotes, son of Edward and Elizth Dawson.
1911 Clapham, Yorkshire Census: Lawsings, Clapham Station - Edward Carr Dawson, aged 18 years, born Ingleton, Yorkshire. [Edward was employed by William Beaumont, Farmer.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Edward C. Dawson, 41739, 5337, 202174, North'd Fus. Pres. Dead.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Edward Carr Dawson, 41739, 1st North'd Fus.; 5337, 1/4th North'd Fus.; 202174, 1/4th North'd Fus. Pres. Dead.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Edward Carr Dawson, 202174, 1/4th Bn North. Fus. Date and Place of Death: On or since 26.10.17 death pres. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Edward. £18 7s. 2d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Edward not found.
Edward was killed in action during the Battles of Ypres, 1917, 31 July-10 November, at the Second Battle of Passchendaele, 26 October-10 November.
A short biography of Edward is included in: ‘The Ingleton War Memorial, 1914-18, 1939-45’ by Andrew Brooks (2005).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Edward Carr DAWSON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
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