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Lieutenant LESLIE DAWSON

Service Number: 228159
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Date of Death

Died 01 March 1945

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

62. E. 13.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Elsie Dawson, of Halifax, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription THEY NEVER FAIL WHO DIE IN A GREAT CAUSE
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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