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First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University Of Oxford
University Of Oxford
First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Medals, Memorial Plaque and Scroll of John Dawson (11)
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
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2011-12-05 11:41:55.987613
2011-12-05 11:41:56.659829
2011
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Memorial Plaque, scroll, and War and Victory medals.
Pte. 267220 John Dawson, 1/7th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was killed in action 14th August 1917 aged 22. The son of Mr. and Mrs. William Dawson, of Cockhill Place, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, he is buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery. The 1/7th Bn., part of the 48th (South Midland) Division, were waiting to for heavy rain to clear for the attack on Langemarck to commence, the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres.