George Dyson (c.1891-1916)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- DYSON, GEORGE. Private. No 37593. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Formerly No 4788 Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Bradley, Huddersfield. Son of Henry and Mary Dyson, 13 Wood Top, Marsden. Before moving to Marsden, in 1914, he attended the Upper Heaton Wesleyan Chapel at Kirkheaton. Employed in the tentering department at Bank Bottom Mills, Marsden. Enlisted February 1916. Reported missing, presumed killed, 25.9.1916. The parents received official intimation that he had been killed on that date one year later. Has no known grave. Commemorated THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
- ROH:- Marsden War Memorial.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private GEORGE DYSON
- regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- died: Monday, September 25, 1916
- age: 25 years
- record ID: 752577
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #752577)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #2356596)