Rawson was born to Eliz Sarah and Chas Mundy in the year of 1893, he was born at Carter Knowle Lodge Farm Hackenthorpe in the Civil Parish of Beighton, Derbyshire. Rawson lived with his parents and his sister Alice age 5 years old.
The 1911 Census Rawson worked as a farm labourer at Middle Handley.
He enlisted in Sheffield and joined the Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment 2nd Battalion, his regimental number was 202255. Rawson married Winifred M Bell in the 1st quarter of Jan/Feb/Mar 1918.
Rawson was killed in action and died on 24 April 1918, he is buried in Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la somme, Picardie, France.
INDEX No Fr 144 ADELAIDE CEMETERY FRANCE – Grave registration report listed below:
Roll of individual’s entitlement to the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. Rawson was awarded both of these.
The list below contains a roll of individuals with medal entitlement.
Listed below is a record of Rawson Mundy effects given to his wife in1918 and 1919
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Credit to: https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk; https://www.cwgc.org; www.ancestry.co.uk, / Typed & collated by Linda Taylor (nee Staton) April 2018
