Dawson W L 2nd Lt 6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment
SECOND LIEUTENANT WILFRED LEEDHAM DAWSON, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was born in 1882. He became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1913.
A partner in the firm of Bragg, Stockdale, Hall and Co., he joined the Artists’ Rifles and received his commission in the 7th Worcester Regiment in 1916.
Immediately on being gazetted, he went to France and was then attached to the 2/6th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, being transferred to that regiment in the following year.
He met his death in the operations following the repulse before Cambrai in November 1917, being killed in action while holding the line near La Vacquerie on 3 December.
Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918