David Wilson Dawson

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: Clyde Z/474
  • Rank: Able Seaman
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit/Ship: Hood Battalion, R.N. Div
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 31
  • Date of Death: 23.04.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Arras Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Bay 1

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: 27 Bernard St, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Sarah Dawson, 27 Bernard St, Dundee

  • Father:
  • Siblings:

    Tom & Edwin

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about David Wilson Dawson

David has no known grave but is remembered on the Arras Memorial.

David Wilson Dawson   CZ/474   Hood Bn Royal Naval Division

DAWSONKilled in action, on the 23d April, David W. Dawson, second son of Mrs Dawson, 27 Bernard Street. – Inserted by his mother and sister and brother Tom (on active service), also by his sister-in-law and brother Edwin (on active service).

Dundee People’s Journal 19th May 1917

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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