Editing Dawes

:''Major Dawes is a [[human]] soldier from the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Major dawes man of iron.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Bad mayonnaise!]]
'''Major Dawes''' is the officer in charge of the [[United Kingdom|British]] armed forces' response to the discovery of an [[Transformer|alien]] spacecraft beneath [[Stansham Castle]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
After [[Peter Whitley|Captain Whitley]] had secured Stansham Castle, Major Dawes arrived to inspect the site but as his Land Rover drove up it was attacked by a [[Man of Iron (Autobot)|giant robot]]. Leaping clear of the exploding wreckage, he watched as the battle was joined by a [[Starscream (G1)|second robot]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|two]] [[Skywarp (G1)|jets]], two [[Laserbeak (G1)|robot]] [[Buzzsaw (G1)|birds]], a [[Jazz (G1)|Porsche]] and a [[Ark shuttlecraft|spacecraft]]. Major Dawes took the advice of the castle's [[Roy Harker|curator]] and his [[Sammy Harker|son]] and retreated from the increasingly dangerous field of combat. {{storylink|Man of Iron (story)|Man of Iron}}

{{note|The order of the three [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] above (with Starscream in robot mode) is arbitrarily taken from the US coloring of the issue. The story's script suggests it is Skywarp who appears first, referencing his teleporting ability, and the UK [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]] version had the robot coloured as Thundercracker. Take your pick.}}

==Notes==
* The Stansham Castle incident was subsequently covered up to the public. As an officer in the army and a witness to the events, it's likely that Major Dawes was involved, if not in command of the operation.
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