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Surname: DAWSON
Forename(s): Frank
Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire
Service No: M/375577
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Army Service Corps
Battalion / Unit: 15th G.H.Q. Reserve M.T. Coy
Division: ---
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1918-11-05
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VIII. E. 10.
CWGC Cemetery: TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Frank Dawson (born 11 August 1896) was the son of William and Harriet Maria Dawson, née Atkinson. William was born at Silsden, Yorkshire and Harriet at Milnthorpe, Westmorland.
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 33, Tufton Street - Frank Dawson, aged 4 years, born Silsden, son of William and Harriet Maria Dawson.
1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 33, Tufton Street - Frank Dawson, aged 14 years, born Silsden, son of William and Harriet Maria Dawson.
The British Army Service Record for Frank Dawson exists but may be incomplete.
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:
DAWSON, Frank, aged 22, A.S.C., M.T., son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dawson, 33, Tufton Street, [Silsden], died of wounds France, Nov. 5, 1918.
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Private Frank DAWSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Army Service Corps
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22 November 1918
SILSDEN – TOLL OF WAR
Mr. Wm. Dawson, 33 Tufton Street. Silsden, has received a letter from the sister-in-charge at No. 54 Casualty Clearing Station, France, stating that his son, Private Frank Dawson, Motor Transport Section, of the Army Service Corps, has died from bronchial pneumonia and that everything possible had been done for him. Private Dawson was 32 [sic] years of age, and enlisted in June, 1916, and went out to France in May last. Prior to joining the Forces he was employed as designer by Mr. Herbert Green, manufacturer, Silsden. Another brother, Driver Albert Dawson, is serving with the Machine Gun Corps in France.
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22 November 1918
Silsden Soldier Dies From Pneumonia
Pte. Frank Dawson, Motor Transport Section, of the Army Service Corps, son of Mr. Wm. Dawson, 33, Tufton Street, Silsden, died at No. 58 Casualty Clearing Station, France, from bronchial pneumonia on Nov. 5th. The sister-in-charge at the hospital writes stating that everything possible was done for him. Pte. Dawson, who was 22 years of age, enlisted in June, 1916, and had been out in France since May last. He was formerly employed as manager for Mr. Herbert Green, manufacturer, Waterloo Mills, Silsden. He was also a member of the now defunct Silsden Golf Club. Another brother, Driver Albert Dawson, is also serving with the Machine Gun Corps in France.
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