Private
Thomas Dawson
Military Details
Service Number: 1190
Regiment & Unit / Ship
16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
Durham
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
16th Btn.
Service Number at Enlistment
1190
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1885
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Address
18 Gardiner Crescent, Pelton Fell Co Durham
Residence (Census)
4 Oliver Street , Stanley , Co Durham
Residence (Roll of Honour)
18 Gardiner Crescent, Pelton Fell Co Durham
Parents
Jonathan and Hannah /Nee Sumpton Dawson
Siblings
John J, George, Jonathan, Mary J, Hannah, Elizabeth Dawson
Married
Elizabeth Dawson Nee Pearson
Children
George T plus 2
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Miner, Coal hewer
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
23rd November 1916
Age at Death
31
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Somme
Regiment at Death
Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
16th Battalion
Rank at Death
Private
Notes
1891 & 1901 census - Dawson Family living at 62 Ennerdale Road , Cleator Moor
Buried or Commemorated at
MUNICH TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Grave Position: Plot 26
Private Memorial: St Johns Church War memorial
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