Dadswell Family

Welcome!

This website is "a work in progress" - it aims to make available the known history of one particular branch of the Dadswell family along with other information about related families as it becomes available.

While this information is centred around one Dadswell line spanning 11 generations, much of the story of earlier generations is common to most branches of the family. The website will gradually expand to include other families and their important stories. An index of name of all those mentioned on the website is provided.

Historic information

  Family tree - Robert Doudeswell and some descendants
  Origins of the Dadswell name
  Index of names on this website

Family feature stories

  Index of family feature stories

Feature Story:
Surviving as a Linesman in World War One

As a young soldier, Henry Dadswell found himself frequently sprinting across World War One battlefields in France and Belgium dodging sniper bullets and enemy shellfire.

The extraordinary story of this signaller has been told in a fascinating book, Diary of a Sapper - World War One Reflections of Sapper Henry W Dadswell.

For more details about the book and the original diaries, see -

    Diary of a Sapper.