The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

L/Cpl G T Dodson

Lance Corporal George Thomas DODSON, 6725, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 27th May 1915, Woolwich, age 28, height 5ft 9 inches, resided 55 Lassell Street, East Greenwich, SE10. Formerly Police Constable.

Husband of Emily Mabel Dodson, (nee Evans), 55 Lassell Street, East Greenwich, SE10. Married 25th December 1914, Greenwich.

Previously served in 6th Cyclists Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, Territorial Force.

Home, 27th May 1915 to 13th December 1915; BEF, 14th December 1915 to 3rd April 1916; Home, 4th April 1916 to 4th July 1916.

27th May 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd June 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th December 1915, awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.2., by Commanding Officer for absence; 14th December 1915, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & BEF; 22nd January 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 16th March 1916, wounded, gun shot wound to head & arm; 4th April 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st July 1916, Stoke upon Trent, War Hospital, Newcastle, Staffordshire.

4th July 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension, 25/- a week for 6 months, conditional.

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