Private Jesse Dawson

Army Number: 6565

Battalion: 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Woodborough, Nottinghamshire and lived at Nottingham. Son of James Dawson, of Nottingham; Husband of Louisa Elizabeth Dawson, of 12, Pole Street, Nottingham. Was a Commercial Traveller prior to enlisting 4th October 1916 at Derby. He went to France 13th January 1917 and was killed in action, 4th March 1917, age 34, whilst battalion patrolling forward into Biez Wood and Rettomoy Farm, near Gommecourt, France.

Buried: Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 17.