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Bombardier WILLIAM EDGAR DAWSON

Service Number: 149285
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"B" Bty. 189th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY

Enclosure No.2 I. D. 25.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Clara Dawson, of "Hollycroft", Hinckley; husband of Harriett Florence Gertrude Dawson, of "Hollycroft", Hinckley, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription HE LIVED & DIED FOR LOVE OF HOME & FRIENDS AT PEACE FOR EVERMORE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5213
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