Geboortejaar: 1889

Geboorteplaats: Hinckley, Leicestershire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Beroep: Slager

Land: Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Strijdmacht: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Bombardier

Service nummer: 149285

Eenheden:  —  Royal Field Artillery, "B" Bty. 189th Bde.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 24/09/1917

Plaats van overlijden: Bedford House, Zillebeke, België

Doodsoorzaak: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Leeftijd: 28

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

Bombardier William Edgar Dawson, a former butcher, served in the ‘B’ Battery of 189th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, which was part of the 41st Division.

Bombardier William Edgar Dawson died on the 24th of September 1917 and is buried at Bedford House Cemetery. Bedford House was a name given by the Army to the Chateau Rosendal, a (ruined) country house. It was used by field ambulances and as the headquarters of brigades and other fighting units.

The War Diary of the 189th Brigade Royal Field Artillery ends at the end of April 1917, making it hard locate the Brigade in September 1917. The 41st Divisions’ War Diary does note that the artillery participated in the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge on the 20th of September 1917. After this battle the Division was relieved. It’s possible that Bombardier Dawson was wounded in action on the 20th and succumbed to his wounds days later.

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