John Harold Deacon Dawson
Formerly
2031 Rifleman John Harold Deacon Dawson.
The London Regiment [Queen's Westminster Rifles]
16th Battalion.
Son of
John Willam Dawson 1867-1952,
and
Alice Mary Henderson 1867-1893,
who were married in Stepney district, London, in the quarter ended September 1891.
The birth of John Harold D. Dawson was registered in the quarter ended September 1893 in West Ham district, London.
The death of Alice Mary Dawson, aged 26, was registered in West Ham district, in the quarter ended September 1893.
His mother died 5 days after his birth, of "Streptococcal Septiceamia contracted from a case of Scarletina"
Husband of
Florence Emmeline Graham,
whom he married on 31 March 1918, in Drigg, Cumberland. Florence was from Drigg. The marriage was registered in Bootle district, Cumberland.
At the time of the marriage, John was said to be living at Merrion, Dublin.
John Harold Deacon Dawson enlisted in the Territorial Army on 6th August 1914, for a 4 year period. His enlistment form stated that he had been in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, and had been discharged "through illness".
He joined the Army on 6 August 1914 in the 16th Battalion, London Regiment. He went to France with the Allied Expeditionary Force on 1 November 1914. He was wounded by gun shot on his right femur at Houplines, Armentieres, France on 22nd January 1915, transferred from a field ambulance to a clearing hospital on 23 January 1915, thence on 24 January he was sent to Boulogne and thence home to a hospital in Oxford (where he met his wife-to-be, Florence Emmeline Graham, who was a nurse there).
He was discharged from the Army as "permanently unfit" on 9 June 1916. He was awarded a pension of 12/6 per week.
He was awarded the British War medal and the Victory medal – although these were sent to his widow (by then in Australia) posthumously.
He obtained employment with The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company, working in their Dublin office.
He was onboard The Leinster, enroute to Spain via England, where he was to take up a new position with the firm.
Family records indicate that he died in the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster on 10 October 1918, and that his body was never recovered.
He is commemorated on the grave of his mother in the City of London Cemetery at Manor Park, London.
His name has been included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
His name has been included in the list at the request of a relative, who has provided this information.
Formerly
2031 Rifleman John Harold Deacon Dawson.
The London Regiment [Queen's Westminster Rifles]
16th Battalion.
Son of
John Willam Dawson 1867-1952,
and
Alice Mary Henderson 1867-1893,
who were married in Stepney district, London, in the quarter ended September 1891.
The birth of John Harold D. Dawson was registered in the quarter ended September 1893 in West Ham district, London.
The death of Alice Mary Dawson, aged 26, was registered in West Ham district, in the quarter ended September 1893.
His mother died 5 days after his birth, of "Streptococcal Septiceamia contracted from a case of Scarletina"
Husband of
Florence Emmeline Graham,
whom he married on 31 March 1918, in Drigg, Cumberland. Florence was from Drigg. The marriage was registered in Bootle district, Cumberland.
At the time of the marriage, John was said to be living at Merrion, Dublin.
John Harold Deacon Dawson enlisted in the Territorial Army on 6th August 1914, for a 4 year period. His enlistment form stated that he had been in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, and had been discharged "through illness".
He joined the Army on 6 August 1914 in the 16th Battalion, London Regiment. He went to France with the Allied Expeditionary Force on 1 November 1914. He was wounded by gun shot on his right femur at Houplines, Armentieres, France on 22nd January 1915, transferred from a field ambulance to a clearing hospital on 23 January 1915, thence on 24 January he was sent to Boulogne and thence home to a hospital in Oxford (where he met his wife-to-be, Florence Emmeline Graham, who was a nurse there).
He was discharged from the Army as "permanently unfit" on 9 June 1916. He was awarded a pension of 12/6 per week.
He was awarded the British War medal and the Victory medal – although these were sent to his widow (by then in Australia) posthumously.
He obtained employment with The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company, working in their Dublin office.
He was onboard The Leinster, enroute to Spain via England, where he was to take up a new position with the firm.
Family records indicate that he died in the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster on 10 October 1918, and that his body was never recovered.
He is commemorated on the grave of his mother in the City of London Cemetery at Manor Park, London.
His name has been included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
His name has been included in the list at the request of a relative, who has provided this information.
John Harold Deacon Dawson
Formerly
2031 Rifleman John Harold Deacon Dawson.
The London Regiment [Queen's Westminster Rifles]
16th Battalion.
Son of
John Willam Dawson 1867-1952,
and
Alice Mary Henderson 1867-1893,
who were married in Stepney district, London, in the quarter ended September 1891.
The birth of John Harold D. Dawson was registered in the quarter ended September 1893 in West Ham district, London.
The death of Alice Mary Dawson, aged 26, was registered in West Ham district, in the quarter ended September 1893.
His mother died 5 days after his birth, of "Streptococcal Septiceamia contracted from a case of Scarletina"
Husband of
Florence Emmeline Graham,
whom he married on 31 March 1918, in Drigg, Cumberland. Florence was from Drigg. The marriage was registered in Bootle district, Cumberland.
At the time of the marriage, John was said to be living at Merrion, Dublin.
John Harold Deacon Dawson enlisted in the Territorial Army on 6th August 1914, for a 4 year period. His enlistment form stated that he had been in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, and had been discharged "through illness".
He joined the Army on 6 August 1914 in the 16th Battalion, London Regiment. He went to France with the Allied Expeditionary Force on 1 November 1914. He was wounded by gun shot on his right femur at Houplines, Armentieres, France on 22nd January 1915, transferred from a field ambulance to a clearing hospital on 23 January 1915, thence on 24 January he was sent to Boulogne and thence home to a hospital in Oxford (where he met his wife-to-be, Florence Emmeline Graham, who was a nurse there).
He was discharged from the Army as "permanently unfit" on 9 June 1916. He was awarded a pension of 12/6 per week.
He was awarded the British War medal and the Victory medal – although these were sent to his widow (by then in Australia) posthumously.
He obtained employment with The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company, working in their Dublin office.
He was onboard The Leinster, enroute to Spain via England, where he was to take up a new position with the firm.
Family records indicate that he died in the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster on 10 October 1918, and that his body was never recovered.
He is commemorated on the grave of his mother in the City of London Cemetery at Manor Park, London.
His name has been included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
His name has been included in the list at the request of a relative, who has provided this information.
Formerly
2031 Rifleman John Harold Deacon Dawson.
The London Regiment [Queen's Westminster Rifles]
16th Battalion.
Son of
John Willam Dawson 1867-1952,
and
Alice Mary Henderson 1867-1893,
who were married in Stepney district, London, in the quarter ended September 1891.
The birth of John Harold D. Dawson was registered in the quarter ended September 1893 in West Ham district, London.
The death of Alice Mary Dawson, aged 26, was registered in West Ham district, in the quarter ended September 1893.
His mother died 5 days after his birth, of "Streptococcal Septiceamia contracted from a case of Scarletina"
Husband of
Florence Emmeline Graham,
whom he married on 31 March 1918, in Drigg, Cumberland. Florence was from Drigg. The marriage was registered in Bootle district, Cumberland.
At the time of the marriage, John was said to be living at Merrion, Dublin.
John Harold Deacon Dawson enlisted in the Territorial Army on 6th August 1914, for a 4 year period. His enlistment form stated that he had been in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, and had been discharged "through illness".
He joined the Army on 6 August 1914 in the 16th Battalion, London Regiment. He went to France with the Allied Expeditionary Force on 1 November 1914. He was wounded by gun shot on his right femur at Houplines, Armentieres, France on 22nd January 1915, transferred from a field ambulance to a clearing hospital on 23 January 1915, thence on 24 January he was sent to Boulogne and thence home to a hospital in Oxford (where he met his wife-to-be, Florence Emmeline Graham, who was a nurse there).
He was discharged from the Army as "permanently unfit" on 9 June 1916. He was awarded a pension of 12/6 per week.
He was awarded the British War medal and the Victory medal – although these were sent to his widow (by then in Australia) posthumously.
He obtained employment with The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company, working in their Dublin office.
He was onboard The Leinster, enroute to Spain via England, where he was to take up a new position with the firm.
Family records indicate that he died in the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster on 10 October 1918, and that his body was never recovered.
He is commemorated on the grave of his mother in the City of London Cemetery at Manor Park, London.
His name has been included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
His name has been included in the list at the request of a relative, who has provided this information.
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