Dawson, WL
(1882 - 1917)
Key Facts
DATE OF BIRTH:
9th September 1882
YEARS ATTENDED THE COLLEGE:
1899 - 1900
HOME ADDRESS WHEN AT THE COLLEGE:
Lanark, Altyre Road, East Croydon
REGIMENT
2/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
FINAL RANK:
2nd Lieutenant
DATE OF DEATH:
3rd December 1917
AGE AT DEATH:
35
WHERE HE DIED (or was wounded)
La Vacquerie
LOCATION OF GRAVE OR MEMORIAL:
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval Panel 3.
2nd Lieutenant Wilfred Leedham Dawson
Born 9th September 1882 near Clapham Park, Wilfred was the son of Wilfred Alan Dawson, stockbroker, and his wife, Mary, and had a brother, Bernard. Having joined the College in 1899, Wilfred left a year later in 1900, whilst a member of the Upper 4th. Upon leaving, he became a banking clerk at his father’s firm. Throughout this time he lived at home with his parents and brother.
In 1915, a year after the war started, Wilfred signed up with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and was shortly shipped across to France. Unfortunately, whilst in the La Vacquerie region, Wilfred died on the 3rd December 1917. He is buried at the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral.
