The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte A Dixon

Private Albert DIXON, 21114, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 29th September 1914, Bromley, Kent, age 17, height 5ft 3 inches, resided 5 Manor Place, Dartford, Kent.

Previously served in 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, 2533.

Home, 29th September 1914 to 11th August 1916; BEF, 12th August 1916 to 30th January 1917; Home, 31st January 1917 to 25th September 1917; BEF, 26th September 1917 to 26th January 1918; Home, 27th January 1918 to 12th February 1919.

29th September 1914, enlisted, posted 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th April 1915, posted 2/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th July 1915, posted 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th October 1915 to 15th November 1915, awarded 28 days detention; 12th August 1916, attached 1/20th London Regiment; 13th September 1916, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st January 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th April 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th September 1917, posted Infantry Base Depot; 30th September 1917, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th October 1917, deprived of 7 days pay for not complying with an order given by an NCO; 27th January 1918, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th June 1918, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham; 8th October 1918, posted 3rd Battalion.

12th February 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

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