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W. R. A. Dawson
1891–1918British Army officer of the First World War
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Photo: Bill Nicholls · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Cold Ash, Berkshire
Cold Ash has just one famous person to its name: W. R. A. Dawson
In 1891, the British Army officer of the First World war W. R. A. Dawson was born. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. Of its neighbours, Newbury, 3 mi away, lists the most: 52, Richard Adams first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
W. R. A. Dawson
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1891
W. R. A. Dawson
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known
Born in Cold Ash
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Cold Ash, with how many people each has.
Newbury · 3 miRichard Adams & 51 moreAKThatcham · 2 miAndy King & 5 more
Kingsclere · 7 miJoseph Spence & 5 more
Woolton Hill and Highclere · 7 miAuberon Herbert & 3 more
Pangbourne · 9 miTracy Edwards & 3 moreMAHermitage · 2 miMary Adams
Compton · 6 miNassau William Senior
Upper Basildon · 7 miJethro TullQuestions about famous people from Cold Ash
Who is the most famous person from Cold Ash?
W. R. A. Dawson (British Army officer of the First World War) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Cold Ash?
1 people born in Cold Ash have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Cold Ash known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Cold Ash?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cold Ash’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Richard Adams: AndrewRH, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Spence: George Vertue, after Isaac Whood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auberon Herbert: Frederick Hollyer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tracy Edwards: TMF95, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nassau William Senior: Original uploader was user:Milneg at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jethro Tull: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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