1893 Born Kelk, Yorks
1901 census at 28, Edith Street, Middlesbrough
1911 living as a servant at Elsham Grimsby Lincs
1914 Sep 2. Attested at Driffield, Yorks. He was a crane driver
1915 Oct 18 Posted to France
1917 Apr 12. Wounded GSW
1918 Aug 8. Wounded again GSW
1918 Dec 1. Posted back UK
1921 Jun 24 Died in Adavoyle Ambush
Son of John Dowson, of Pinder Green, Methley Junction, Yorks.
Buried Methley St Oswald Churchyard