WW1 100 years on - Geoffrey William Dawe

Name	Geoffrey William Dawe
Address	Sea View Cottages Poxwell
Date of Birth Place	4 April 1890 Upton Farm Houses, Ringstead
Date of Death Place	3 May 1915 The location of his grave is at Geogheghan’s Bluff plot grave B. 31. Twelve tree copse cemetary Cape Helles Gallipoli Turkey
Family Info	Mother: Mrs Annie Dawe, Hill Farm, Corfe Mullen Wimborne Dorset Father William Dawe. Mr Dawe was a farm labourer. Geoffrey William was the eldest child then Lilian Dawe, Charles Henry Dawe and Dorothy Dawe.
Military Information: Killed May 1915 Royal Marine Light Infantry Lance Corporal Geoffrey was killed or died as a direct result of enemy action. He is commemorated at Plymouth Battalion Royal Naval Division Memorial 443 S
Further Information: His younger brother Charles was also killed in 1917 Before the war Geoffrey was working as a Police Constable in London and living as a boarder at 25 Walnut Tree Rd, East Greenwich. He was listed as single. His military record states that his conduct was first class, he was 5ft 9 1/2 inches tall with grey eyes and dark brown hair and a fresh complexion. He enlisted on 5 October 1914 and was killed on 3 May 1915. At the time of his death his mother Annie was living at Woodbine Cottage in Osmington. The Commonwealth war grave records show that Geoffrey was buried and there are differing references to the location but it is believed to be plot B31. His burial was carried out by his comrades and he was buried next to a fellow Marine Private William Dews from Yorkshire. The inscription chosen by Geoffrey’s family for his grave stone in Twelve tree copse cemetary Cape Helles is, “Their Glory shall not be blotted out”.