The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant F L Dann

Serjeant Frederick Leonard DANN, 265674, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 30th November 1914, Canterbury, Kent, age 19, height 5ft 11 inches, resided Halborough Farm, Pounds Bridge, Penshurst, Kent / Church House, Pembury, Kent / The Lodge, Penshurst Place, near Tonbridge, Kent.

Home, 30th November 1914 to 26th October 1918; BEF, 27th October 1918 to 24th February 1919; Home, 25th February 1919 to 26th March 1919.

30th November 1914, enlisted Kent Cyclists 1/1 Reserve Battalion, Service No.1485; 28th January 1916, posted Kent Cyclists 3/1 Reserve Battalion; 27th May 1916, posted Kent Cyclists 2/1 Reserve Battalion; 5th Janaury 1917, posted Kent Cyclists 1/1 Reserve Battalion; 28th May 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 28th November 1917, Folkestone, promoted Acting Corporal; 4th February 1918 to 2nd March 1918, musketry course Bisley, qualified as 1st Class Instructor; 15th to 20th July 1918, qualified as Instructor anti gas School Canterbury; 3rd August 1918, classified as 1st Class Instructor anti gas course, Crowborough; 27th October 1918, promoted to substantive rank of Corporal & posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd November 1918, promoted Sergeant and posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th January 1919, 16th General Hospital, Le Treport; 4th February 1919, transferred to UK; 5th February 1919, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

26th March 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Pension, 6/6 a week for 26 weeks to be reviewed. Disability 20%.

AWARDS: MM

London Gazette 23rd July 1919.

His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Military Medal for bravery in the field to the under mentioned Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men:

265674 Sjt. Dann, F. L., 7th Battalion. (Pembury).

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