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Description: | A collection of papers relating to the career of Colonel James Lennox Dawson VC, who was awarded the Victoria Cross while a Corporal in 187th Company, Royal Engineers, 13 October 1915 at Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, during a gas attack, and comprising: a newspaper cutting giving the citation; a cigarette card with an image of him; his Discharge Certificate (February 1916) after being appointed a Field Commission; his certificate for his commission as a Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers (March 1916); notification of his release from military duty (July 1919); and a record of his service (Army Form B 199A) up to his time as a Captain in the Army Education Corps (November 1914 - January 1926).
Cataloguer SJO | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 187th Field Company Royal Engineers British Army | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Dawson, James Lennox | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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