Jack Dawson, Able Seaman (P/J 102305), was born on January 10th 1905 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, the son of John Robert Dawson, a laundry worker, and his wife Rose Dawson, née Buttle, who died in 1916. He enlisted in the Navy in 1921. His last ship was HMS Dunedin, which he joined on April 8th, 1941. According to the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, he was married to Nancy Dawson of Elgin, Morayshire.