Name
Arthur Dawes
1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/11/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
36292
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
II.A.4
France
Headstone Inscription
LOVED WITH SUCH LOVE AND WITH SUCH SORROW MOURNED
UK & Other Memorials
Tewin Village Memorial, St Peter’s Church Muster Roll, Tewin, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Arthur Dawes was born in Tewin in 1897, the son of George and Rebecca Dawes of Lower Green, Tewin, Welwyn, Herts, and he was baptised there on 26 September 1897. He was one of six children, although one had died by 1911.
On the 1901 Census he was in an Isolation Hospital in Hertford, aged 4 [presumably suffering from an infectious disease]. His parents and the rest of his family were at Lower Green, Tewin. On the 1911 Census he was a schoolboy living with family at Lower Green, Tewin and his father was a Farm Labourer.
Wartime Service
Arthur enlisted in Hertford, initially serving with the Hertfordshire Regiment under Reg. No. 5874, later transferring to the 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.
He was killed in action on 11 November 1916, aged 19, during the Battle of Ancre Heights, part of the third phase of the Battle of the Somme. He is buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France.
Additional Information
His father Mr G Dawes of Lower Green, Tewin, near Welwyn, Herts. ordered his headstone inscription: “LOVED WITH SUCH LOVE AND WITH SUCH SORROW MOURNED"
Arthur is also commemorated on the family headstone in Tewin (St. Peter) Churchyard. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO ARTHUR. SON OF THE ABOVE [George & Rebecca Dawes]. KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE NOVR. 11TH 1916. AGED 19 YEARS.
“NEVER FORGOTTEN.”
His father received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £3 7s 7d, and his mother received a pension of 5 shillings a week from 6 November 1918.
His brother Charles served with the Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment but survived the war. He is named on the Tewin Roll of Honour.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
