Basic Details
Surname
Dawson
Forenames
John Thomas
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
10073
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 118 Ward's Yard, St John's Street, and that he was entitled to the Mons Star medal.

(CWGC records that Private John Thomas Dawson, regimental number 10073, died on 19/6/1915 serving in the 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave 7.3.2331 at Broadway Cemetery in Peterborough. They record him as the son of Mrs F. Eldred of 118 Ward's Lane, Peterborough, and the husband of L.A. Eldred of 13 Dilke Street, Ling's Lynn. John's legal surname was Dawson. After his mother, Fanny Dawson, married William Eldred in 1892, he became known as John Eldred. However, when he enlisted in the Army, he did so under his birth-name Dawson).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
London, Woolwich
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
June
Day of death
19
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds at the Royal Hospital, Woolwich
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
118, WARDS YARD ST JOHN STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial
Biography
Died in the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich