300902 Pte. John Norman Dowse British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from:7 Lax terrace, Norton, Stockton on Tees (d.3rd Jul 1916) John was born in 1894 at Norton-on-Tees to Edward Ranyell and Elizabeth Dowse. He grew up at 7 Lax Terrace, Norton with his parents and siblings Ethel, Edward, Nellie and Edith. John enlisted, in 1915, at Stockton, into the 18th.Battalion Durham Light Infantry (Durham Pals) service number 18-47. He died of wounds received on the 3 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and is buried in Couin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. John was posthumously awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. His mother requested the inscription - Through death shall come new life and out of darkness light - for his headstone.
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