Medals, Memorial Plaque and Scroll of John Dawson
Item
Title
Medals, Memorial Plaque and Scroll of John Dawson
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Identifier
9308.cpd
Subject
Dawson, John
Abstract
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.
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
1919 - 1923
Date Created
1919-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1923-12-31
Source
Multiple
Medium
Mixed
Type
Other
number of pages
12
Contributor
Richard Marshall
Mr. Cameron Alexander
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford