Basic Details
Surname
Dawson
Forenames
C
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Charles
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married, with 2 children, and worked as a fireman at a dyeworks before he enlisted in February 1917. This was the only Calderdale memorial that they researched upon which he was named but he is also commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Bedford Regt
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
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
30
Age at death
32
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action