Private William John Dew
Service | Army | Service No. | 10728 | |
Rank | Private | |||
Regiment: | Devonshire Regiment, 8th Battalion | |||
Date of Birth: | 1885Born Cardiff | Date of Death: | 25/09/1915 | |
Memorial: | Dawlish | Memorial Inscription | DEW W.J. PTE. DEVON REGT. |
Service History |
(William) John Dew enlisted at Exeter and joined the new 8th (Service) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment. His military records give him the single Christian name of John. His Service number is very close to that of Albert Hooper (10723) and they were of similar age so may have enlisted together. He is recorded as Killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915. (see description of action in Documents) |
Association with Dawlish |
William John Dew was one of five children of the marriage of John Dew (1860-1909) and Louisa Harriet Hodge (1859- ). John Dew and Louisa married but a census entry for 1881 has not been found. He is also missing from the 1891 census and it may be that he went abroad and was divorced between 1891 and 1897 when Louisa remarried. William John Dew married Sarah Monk in Q3, 1907, in the Newton Abbot district. The census of 1911 gives his occupation as a General Labourer (railway company) and they lived at 7 Chapel Street, Dawlish with three children, Annie Louisa (b.Dec 1907 ), Emily Kate (b.Mar 1909) and William John (b.Mar 1910-Dec 1971) all born in Dawlish. There were also twins born in Q2,1911 Alfred G and Rose M but they both died in Q2,1915. |
Devon Roll of Honour | Dew, William John, Pte, Devon Regt, 25th Sep 1915, France |
Additional Information |
Commonwealth War Graves Site |
Next of Kin: | Sarah Dew (later Jarvis), widow |
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Last Known Address: | 11 Chapel Street, Dawlish |
Cap badge -The Devonshire Regiment |
Dud Corner cemetery, Loos |
Loos Centenary - Wreath from Devonshire Regt |
Devonshire Regt headstone unknown soldier |
Free Birth Marriage Death records
Marriage Cert for John Dew/Louisa Harriet Hodge from GRO
Alfred Thomas Dew – see separate WW1 casualty record
Dawlish Gazette collection at Dawlish Museum
Refs via subscription sites:
National Newspaper Archive
Census records.
Army Register of Soldiers' Effects
Family records
Raward/Brown/Heath family tree – Ancestry