Individual Details
George Albert DAWSON
(11 Feb 1875 - )
Events
| Birth | 11 Feb 1875 | Woking, Surrey, England |  | ||
| Residence | Abt Apr 1875 | Prey Heath, Woking, Surrey, England | | ||
| Baptism | 4 Apr 1875 | St John the Baptist, Woking, Surrey, England |  | | |
| Census | 1881 | Scholar - Mouse Hole, Poyle Hill, Woking, Surrey, England | | ||
| Occupation | Abt Dec 1900 | Soldier | | ||
| Marriage | 26 Dec 1900 | St Peter, Woking, Surrey, England - Emma SEWELL | | | |
| Census | 1901 | Soldier (on leave) - Saunders Lane, Woking, Surrey, England | | | |
| Census | 1911 | Gardener - Gordon's Boys Home - Gordon's Boys Home, West End, Chobham, Surrey, England | | ||
| Occupation | Abt Sep 1914 | Gardener | | ||
| Military | From 8 Sep 1914 to 13 Aug 1919 | Border Regiment, British Army | | | |
| 1939 Registration (England & Wales) | 1939 | Incapacitated - 109 New Road, Guildford, Surrey, England | | |
Families
| Spouse | Emma SEWELL (1873 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Ruth DAWSON (1901 - ) |
| Child | Winifred Emma DAWSON (1903 - ) |
| Child | Kathleen Margaret DAWSON (1904 - ) |
| Child | Albert Gordon DAWSON (1906 - ) |
| Child | Reginald DAWSON (1908 - ) |
| Father | George DAWSON (1851 - 1885) |
| Mother | Mary CLAYTON (1854 - ) |
| Sibling | Nelley Winifred DAWSON (1873 - ) |
| Sibling | Jessie Mary DAWSON (1877 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Eveline Sophia DAWSON (1878 - 1879) |
| Sibling | William DAWSON (1880 - 1951) |
Notes
Baptism
Extract from parish register: Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Woking (St John the Baptist chapel) in the county of Surrey in the year 1875.No: 460
Date: 4 April 1875 - born: 11 February 1875
Name: George Albert - son of
Parents: George & Mary
Surname: Dawson
Address: Pray Heath, Woking
Occupation (father): Labourer
By: Theodore C William?, Vicar of Woking
Marriage
On 1911 census say married 10 years.Extract from parish register: 1900 Marriage solemnized at the parish church in the parish of Woking in the county of Surrey.
No: 136
Date: 26 December 1900
Name: George Albert Dawson - Emma Sewell
Age: 25 - 27
Condition: Bachelor - Spinster
Occupation: Soldier - Servant
Address: Woking - St John's, Woking
Father: George Dawson - James Sewell
Father's occupation: Deceased - Labourer
Married in the parish church of Woking according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church after banns by: Fred ??
Bride & groom signed their names - witnesses: William Cheyne? & Ada Sewell
Census
Listed with his wife Emma in the household of his brother-in-law George Bowerman.Military
Extracts from British Army WWI Pension Records:Attestation Form - Dated: 8 September 1914
No: R8479 - 11396 / ?
Name: George Dawson
Corps: Border Regiment
Place of birth: Woking, Surrey
Age: 40 years 181 days
Occupation: Gardener
Married: Yes
Served before: Yes - 1/Border Regiment 3459 - 10 years 162 days Statement of service:
Service reckons from: 8 September 1914Joined at Carlisle: 15 September 1915 - Border Regiment
Promoted: Corporal - 8 September 1914
Promoted: Sergeant - 20 October 1914
Transferred: Middlesex - 10 October 1916
Military Police: - Transferred - Private - 9 March 1917 - Appointed L/Cpl - 9 March 1917 - Appointed Sergeant: 9 March 1917
Transferred Class Z - Demobilization: 13 August 1919
Military History:
Home: 8 August 1914 - 13 August 1919 = 4 years 340 days
Next of kin: Wife - Emma Dawson - Gordon Boys Home (Antwerp) - West End, Working, Surrey
Particulars of marriage: Bride: Emma Sewell - spinster
Date/place: 26 December 1900 - Woking
Particulars of children:
Sarah Ruth - born: 17 August 1901 - Woking
Winifred Emma - born: 7 January 1903 - Woking
Kathleen Margaret - born: 20 August 1904 - Woking
Albert Gordon - born: 8 December 1906 - Woking
Reginald - born: 14 August 1908
Description on enlistment: Height: 5 ft 8⅜ ins - Chest: 40½ins - Expansion: 2 ins - Complexion: Fresh - Eyes: Grey - Hair: Brown - Religion: Church of England
1939 Registration (England & Wales)
At the same address:Winifred I Jones - born: 21 January 1905 (married) - Unpaid Domestic Duties
Terence V Jones - born: 1 December 1935 - Under School Age
Endnotes
1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1875 Jan/Mar - Guildford - Vol: 2a Page: 56.
2. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917, Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: WOKJ/1/2.
3. 1939 - Register - England & Walles, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/1949A.
4. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917, Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: WOKJ/1/2.
5. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917, Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: WOKJ/1/2.
6. 1881 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG11; Piece: 772; Folio: 86; Page: 4; GSU roll: 1341181.
7. Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937, Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Reference Number: WOKP/3/6.
8. Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937, Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Reference Number: WOKP/3/6.
9. British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920, WO364; Piece: 974.
10. GRO (England & Wales) Marriage Registration Index , 1900 Oct/Dec - Guildford - Vol: 2a Page: 176.
11. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 597; Folio: 60; Page: 14.
12. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 3025; Schedule Number: 80.
13. British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920, WO364; Piece: 974.
14. British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920, WO364; Piece: 974.
15. 1939 - Register - England & Walles, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/1949A.