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Captain Frank Philip Dawes, 2nd Bn., Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

09/02/2024
Second World War Army United Kingdom The Battle of Monte Cassino The Italian Campaign CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
By Alison Barnes
Rank
Captain
Name
FRANK PHILIP DAWES
Regiment
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Date of Death
Died 10 April 1944
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Frank Philip Dawes was born on the 16th August 1921 and his parents were Brigadier Hugh Frank Dawes DSO MC and Adrienne Jean Dawes (formerly Rathbone).

Captain Dawes served with the Royal Fusiliers, the same Regiment in which his father served, and died in Monte Cassino in Italy on the 10th April 1944.

He is buried in the Cassino War Cemetery and remembered on the war memorial in Rotherwick Church in Hampshire - there is also a memorial plaque on the wall to him. His parents were living at nearby Bartlett's Farm, Mattingley.

Image source: www.winchestercollegeatwar.com 

Frank Philip Dawes (Via Winchester College Roll of Honour)
Rotherwick Church in Hampshire where Captain Frank Dawes is remembered on the war memorial. (copyright unknown)
A memorial plaque to Captain Frank Dawes in Rotherwick Church. (copyright unknown)

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