On Tower Hill Memorial is the name of Fourth Engineer Officer William James Dawson, serving on S.S. Rosalia (Netherlands) with Merchant Navy who died 28/07/1943.

In Holy Sepulchre Churchyard is the Commonwealth War Grave of:

2037954 ACW 2nd Class
Dora Rhoda Dawson
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
29th February 1944 age 21

Brothers , Leslie and William
were lost at sea
2.7. 1940 and 28.7.1943
Ever lovingly remembered.

The son of James W. Dawson and Jane Dawson, of Ashington, Northumberland. His sister and brother, Dora Rhoda and Leslie, also died on service.

S.S. Rosalia was torpedoes and sunk in the Caribbean with the loss of 23 of her crew of 36.

Acknowledgments: Margaret Allison; Colin Boyd

William James Dawson is remembered at Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27) and A17.43 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

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