Francis Dawson
Rank: Rifleman
Service No: 371526
Date of Death: 21/03/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) (8th Bn.)
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mrs Dawson, 25 Kirkwood Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Mother Annie.
1901 census information:
Address: 113 Wolseley Street, Glasgow.
Father: John (37) labourer, born about 1864 in Ireland.
Mother: Annie (38) born about 1863 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Felix (15) telegraph boy, born about 1886 in Rutherglen.
Brother: James (13) message boy, born about 1888 in Glasgow.
Sister: Annie (11) born about 1890 in Glasgow.
Brother: John (9) born about 1892 in Glasgow.
Self: Frank (4) born about 1897 in Glasgow.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Annie 49, Annie 21, John 19 and Frank 14.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. F. Dawson, Rutherglen. Mrs Dawson, 25 Kirkwood Street, Rutherglen, has received intimation that her son, Pte. Frank Dawson, London Regiment, was killed on April 21. He was 21 years of age, and was formerly a postman in Bridgeton Branch Post Office.