nilis11 Posted 19 January , 2006 Share Posted 19 January , 2006 Private Edward "Ned" Lawson VC 1873-1955. He won his VC in 1897 in India, during the attack on the Dargai Heights while serving with the Gordon Highlanders. I have a photograph of him taken in England at an army base during WW1. I do not know the base or the unit he served in during WW1. (not gordon highlanders) Does any one know? Nilis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eviltaxman Posted 19 January , 2006 Share Posted 19 January , 2006 Nilis, All the books I've got (and a general sweep of the web) all state that he was 1st Btn Gordons until he was discharged 31 October 1902. As he was 24 years old in 1897 when he got the VC, He would have been at least 41 or 42 years old at the outbreak of WW1. Odds on he didn't serve in the army, but was used as a morale booster to get volunteers. A chap I'm researching (daniel Burges VC) left the army in 1923 but went on to be a recruiting officer for the Glosters in WW2 - and he was in his 60's. Les. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pte1643 Posted 19 January , 2006 Share Posted 19 January , 2006 More Here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lawson Is it just me, or does anybody else think the VC Reference site has gone "Downhill" since it was migrated to Wiki...? Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eviltaxman Posted 19 January , 2006 Share Posted 19 January , 2006 Mark, I agree, it has gone downhill.... main thing I've noticed are that the updates relevant to the site itself don't happen. The last "site update" was March last year! I've invested in some great reading material recently, so most of my queries are answered by books (don't tell my missus I said!!!...... she thinks I don't think?!?!) Les. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRIAN TALMER Posted 19 January , 2006 Share Posted 19 January , 2006 Edward Lawson Was born 11th April 1873 In Newcastle upon Tyne Died 2nd July 1955 at Walker, Tyne & Wear Buried in Heaton Cemetery, Newcastle upon Tyne He won his V.C. on the 20th October 1897 In a attack on the Dargai Heights, during the Tirah Campaign he carried Lt. Dingwall out of danger and then ran back to pick up Pte MacMillan. He was uder severe fire aqll the while and weas himself twice wounded Hope this is of help Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buxboy Posted 20 January , 2006 Share Posted 20 January , 2006 Private Edward "Ned" Lawson VC 1873-1955. He won his VC in 1897 in India, during the attack on the Dargai Heights while serving with the Gordon Highlanders. I have a photograph of him taken in England at an army base during WW1. I do not know the base or the unit he served in during WW1. (not gordon highlanders) Does any one know? Nilis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buxboy Posted 20 January , 2006 Share Posted 20 January , 2006 nilis, what is your interest in Ned? Having the same surname as Ned (the only Lawson VC) I have done a bit of research on Ned so would be interested to see the picture you have. Clint Lawson BUXBOY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilis11 Posted 20 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 20 January , 2006 The photograph of Lawson VC came with several others photographs which could be of the army cycle corps. One picture is take during a drill with bicycles. Lawson is in uniform. Currently I am not able to scan the photograph but I'll see what I can do. Les's suggestion that Edward Lawson could be a morale booster sounds plausible. Nilis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilis11 Posted 22 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 22 January , 2006 I just had another look at the photograps. They were take at Darlington in 1916 and on the back is written C.S.M. E. Lawson VC. Any idea which unit had its base at Darlington in 1916 and at Holbeach (may 1916)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilis11 Posted 30 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 30 January , 2006 Meet CSM E.LAwson VC photo taken Darlington 1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eviltaxman Posted 30 January , 2006 Share Posted 30 January , 2006 Nilis Any chance you could scan a pic or 2 and pop them on for us to view? Les. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilis11 Posted 6 February , 2006 Author Share Posted 6 February , 2006 Any chance you could scan a pic or 2 and pop them on for us to view? Lets try again and see if this works; Meet CSM Edward Lawson VC, Waht unit was he in during WW1? Nilis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 6 February , 2006 Share Posted 6 February , 2006 Nilis, CSM Edward Lawson VC of the Northern Cyclist Battalion. Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom A McCluskey Posted 6 February , 2006 Share Posted 6 February , 2006 Here's another one of him: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...GLD:en%26sa%3DN Tom McC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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