Research Notes
From John Dawes Army Record:
Address Sheaf House, Crich; aged 18 years 4 months; coal miner; attested 8 May 1917; voluntary enlisted miner under War Office letter 27/Gen.no/6110 dated 12 March 1917; height 5ft 5in; next of kin John William Dawes (father) of Sheaf House Critch; Home 8/5/17 to 20/3/18; transferred Royal Defence Corps 14/9/17; discharged no longer fit for War Service 20/3/18; liable to ? a statutory order on 20/3/19 requiring him to present himself for medical re-examination under the Military Service R of E; received £15 gratuity; 10% disability; single
1901 Census: Wheatsheaf Inn, Crich
| Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
| John W | Dawes | Head | 29 | Publican | Crich |
| Margaret | wife | 30 | Crich | ||
| Audrey | daughter | 5 | Crich | ||
| John | son | 1 | Crich | ||
| George | Curzon | servant | 55 | General worker | Crich |
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1911 Census: Crich
| Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
| John W | Dawes | Head | 37 | Sander at joinery works | Crich |
| Margaret | wife | 39 | Crich | ||
| Audrey | daughter | 15 | machinist hosiery factory | Crich | |
| John | son | 11 | Crich | ||
| Franey | daughter | 8 | Crich | ||
| Frederick | son | 1 | Crich |
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The Wheatsheaf Pub in Crich where John Dawes was born