An Unusual "Dardanelles" / "Passchendaele" 1914-15 Star Trio. 
Named to:857. Pte G.DAWSON. 2/10-LONDONS.
(10th (COUNTY OF LONDON) BN, THE LONDON REGIMENT (HACKNEY) Previously "PADDINGTON RIFLES" But KILLED-IN-ACTION 25th October 1917. **Killed on the last day of the first battle of Passchendaele (25th October 1917) probably at Broenbeek "
As238049. Pte. G.DAWSON. 11th SUFFOLK REGt. [NOTE] (George 'Buck' Dawson appeared initially in a Civil Police "Deserters & Absentees Report" (13th December 1914 -19th January 1915. With automatic 'Arrest on Sight' Warrants issued for all men who were A.W.O.L. & deserters, this was not a smart move. Clearly, George eventually showed up for duty or was arrested. ( it was Christmas 1914) and he was almost certainly court marshalled for this very serious offence. Had he been in France he would very likely have been shot by a firing squad. His unit 2/10th were then moved to Norwich in April 1915 for continued training. [TO GALLIPOLI]
He & his unit were eventually ready for action and were duly shipped out to Theatre 2B (The Dardanelles) on 28/29 July 1915. He sailed from Plymouth for Gallipoli, via Mudros with a landing at Suvla Bay on 11th August 1915. From his low & early service number of 858 we can see that he initially joined joined as a reservist on 15th May 1911. He & his unit were evacuated from Gallipoli in December 1915 and moved for service in Egypt and Palestine. From the Middle East they proceeded to the battlefields of Northern France, probably via Marsaillies.
He was then transferred to 11th Battalion (Cambridgeshire) SUFFOLK REGT which was originally formed at Cambridge on 25th September 1914, by the Cambridge and Isle of Ely TF Association. This unit occupied a camp at Cherryhinton before moving to Ripon in Yorkshire in June 1915. In May 1915 it came under command of 101st Brigade in 34th Division. Moved to Salisbury Plain, this unit originally arrived in France on 9th January 1916 with a landing at Boulogne. By late 1917 this and many of the original units in France were becoming very short of men due to the dreadful losses during the Battle of the Somme and the subsequent attrition during the early battles of 1917. Transfers of men of this type were thus very common.George Dawson then sadly shared the terrible fate of many thousands of his comrades who fought in the shocking conditions in Belgium. His body was consumed without trace by the cloying mud of Passchendaele. 
George Dawson is remembered & commemorated with eternal honour on the panels of The Tyne Cot Memorial.
£495
Named to:857. Pte G.DAWSON. 2/10-LONDONS.
(10th (COUNTY OF LONDON) BN, THE LONDON REGIMENT (HACKNEY) Previously "PADDINGTON RIFLES" But KILLED-IN-ACTION 25th October 1917. **Killed on the last day of the first battle of Passchendaele (25th October 1917) probably at Broenbeek " As238049. Pte. G.DAWSON. 11th SUFFOLK REGt. [NOTE] (George 'Buck' Dawson appeared initially in a Civil Police "Deserters & Absentees Report" (13th December 1914 -19th January 1915. With automatic 'Arrest on Sight' Warrants issued for all men who were A.W.O.L. & deserters, this was not a smart move. Clearly, George eventually showed up for duty or was arrested. ( it was Christmas 1914) and he was almost certainly court marshalled for this very serious offence. Had he been in France he would very likely have been shot by a firing squad. His unit 2/10th were then moved to Norwich in April 1915 for continued training. [TO GALLIPOLI]
He & his unit were eventually ready for action and were duly shipped out to Theatre 2B (The Dardanelles) on 28/29 July 1915. He sailed from Plymouth for Gallipoli, via Mudros with a landing at Suvla Bay on 11th August 1915. From his low & early service number of 858 we can see that he initially joined joined as a reservist on 15th May 1911. He & his unit were evacuated from Gallipoli in December 1915 and moved for service in Egypt and Palestine. From the Middle East they proceeded to the battlefields of Northern France, probably via Marsaillies. He was then transferred to 11th Battalion (Cambridgeshire) SUFFOLK REGT which was originally formed at Cambridge on 25th September 1914, by the Cambridge and Isle of Ely TF Association. This unit occupied a camp at Cherryhinton before moving to Ripon in Yorkshire in June 1915. In May 1915 it came under command of 101st Brigade in 34th Division. Moved to Salisbury Plain, this unit originally arrived in France on 9th January 1916 with a landing at Boulogne. By late 1917 this and many of the original units in France were becoming very short of men due to the dreadful losses during the Battle of the Somme and the subsequent attrition during the early battles of 1917. Transfers of men of this type were thus very common.George Dawson then sadly shared the terrible fate of many thousands of his comrades who fought in the shocking conditions in Belgium. His body was consumed without trace by the cloying mud of Passchendaele.
George Dawson is remembered & commemorated with eternal honour on the panels of The Tyne Cot Memorial.
£495