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Surname: PAWSON
Forename(s): Norman Francis
Place of Birth: Gargrave, Yorkshire
Service No: 1650
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 3rd Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1914-11-01
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. D. 11.
CWGC Cemetery: SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Norman Francis Pawson was the son of Moses and Mary Anastasia Pawson, née Hooper. Moses was born at Horsforth, Yorkshire and Mary at Liverpool, Lancashire.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 35, Westmorland Street - Norman F. Pawson, aged 2 years, born Gargrave, Yorkshire, son of Moses and Mary A. Pawson.
1901 Horsforth, Yorkshire Census: Springfield Place - Norman Pawson, aged 12 years, born Gargrave, Yorkshire, son of Moses and Mary A. Pawson.
Norman enlisted in the Army on the 12 September 1905.
1911 Ecclesall, Yorkshire Census: Hillsborough Barracks: 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers - Private Norman Francis Pawson, aged 23 years, born Gargrave, Yorkshire.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Norman Pawson, 1650, North'd Fus. Qualifying Date [for 1914 Star]: 19.9.14. Dead.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Norman Pawson, 1650, 1st North'd Fus. K. in A.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Norman Pawson. 1650, 1st Bn North'd Fusiliers. Place of Birth, Date of Enlistment, Trade on Enlistment: Gargrave, Skipton; 12.9.05; Machinist. Date and Place of Death: 1.11.14. In Action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Moses J. £12 1s. 1d.
Norman is commemorated on the Parish War Memorial in All Saints' Church, Otley, Yorkshire.
Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 3rd Division
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According to the Wharfedale Observer of 8th January 1915, Norman had enlisted in 1905 when he was seventeen. He served six years with the colours and three years in the reserves. In 1913 he went to Canada and before the war was employed as an engine stoker on the Canadian Northern Railway. He returned to England with the reserve men in September 1914 arriving at the depot regiment at Newcastle and proceeded to the front almost immediately to the point he was not even granted any furlough to visit his family. In October 1914 he wrote home stating that he was writing the letter in the trenches with shot and shell falling all around him and adding that he would have some good stories to tell when he came home. Eleven days later he was killed. Norman never married and his wages Medals including the 1914 Star and gratuity were collected by his father Moses. Norman was buried at Sanctuary Wood Cemetery and Honoured on the Otley War Memorial.