Notebook of John Dawson
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Title
Notebook of John Dawson
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Identifier
9310.cpd
Creator
Dawson, John
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Abstract
A notebook with diary entries and drafts of letters.
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.
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.
Date
26th May 1916
Date Created
1916-05-26
Source
Notebook
Medium
Paper
Type
Diary
number of pages
9
Contributor
Richard Marshall
Mr. Cameron Alexander
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford