The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C Dadson

Private Christopher DADSON, G/4983, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 4th October 1917.

Born Monchelsea, Kent, son of Henry & Maria Dadson, Forge House, Loose, Nr Maidstone Kent.

1911 Census - Forge House, Loose, Maidstone - William Dadson, head, age 34, married, bricklayers labourer, born Boughton Monchelsea; Maria Dadson, wife, age 56, married 34 years, 13 children, 7 still alive, born West Malling; Henry Harvey Dadson, son, age 31, single, general labourer, born Loose; William Thomas Dadson, son, age 26, single, flower packer, born Boughton Monchelsea; Christopher Dadson, son, age 19, single, french polisher, born Boughton Monchelsea; Emily Elizabeth Dadson, daughter, age 16, single, born Boughton Monchelsea.

Formerly served in 9th Lancers.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 22, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 144lbs. Resided Forge House, Loose, Nr Maidstone Kent. Formerly French polisher.

14th December 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd April 1915, landed at 5 Infantry Base Depot; 25th April 1915, joined Battalion, "B" Company; 5th to 15th July 1917, granted leave to UK.

31st July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, deceased; Mother, Maria Dadson, Forge House, Loose, Maidstone; Brothers - Henry Harvey Dadson, age 40, No.3, Clarkes Square, Maidstone; William Thomas Dadson, age 34, Forge House, Loose, Maidstone; Clayton Dadson, age 30, Lymune? Barracks, Hong Kong, China; Sisters - Celia Jane Marten, age 37, 23 Hedley Street, Maidstone, Kent; Carrie Hobden, age 31, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone; Emily E M Enfield, age 25, Forge House, Loose, Maidstone, Kent.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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