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Private T W Dickens


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Private Thomas William DICKENS, G/20812, Queens Own Royal West Kent  Regiment, (posted to 1st/20th Battalion, London Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, 2nd June 1918.

21st June 1899, born Stoke Newington, London, son of Thomas William & Rose Dickens,  25 Shakespeare Road, Stoke Newington, London, N16.

14th July 1899, Hackney, baptism of Thomas William Dickens, son of Thomas, (labourer) & Rose Dickens, Birchwood Cottage.


1911 Census - 15a Shakespeare Road, Stoke Newington, N - Thomas W Dickens, head, age 35, married, painter?, born Southgate, Middlesex; Rose H M Dickens, wife, age 30, married 12 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Hackney, London; Thomas W Dickens, son, age 11, school, born Hackney, London; Fredrick G Dickens, son, age 9, school, born Hackney, London; James A C Dickens. son, age 7, school, born Hackney, London; Charles H Dickens, son, age 3, born Hackney, London; George E P Dickens, son, age 6 weeks?, born Stoke Newington, London.


Enlisted Stoke Newington, London, age 17 years & 7 months, height 5ft 10 inches, weight 116lbs, physical development poor. Resided 25 Shakespeare Road, Stoke Newington, London. Formerly porter / fitters mate.

Home 29th January 1917 to 30th March 1918; BEF 31st March 1918 to 2nd June 1918.

29th January 1917, enlisted; 30th January 1917, to Army Reserve; 21st July 1917, mobilized; 21st July 1917, posted 23rd Training Reserve Battalion, Service No.TR/10/108499; 23rd July 1917, Aldershot, posted 97th Training Reserve Battalion, (53rd YS Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment);  8th December 1917, transferred to 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Service No.25045, Tunbridge Wells; 31st March 1918, embarked / Infantry Base Depot France; 1st April 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment; 3rd April 1918, transferred to Royal West Kent  Regiment, posted 1/20th Battalion, London Regiment; 9th April 1918, joined Battalion in the Field.

11th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Thomas William Dickens, 25 Shakespeare Road, Stoke Newington, London, N16; Mother, Rose Hannah Matilda Dickens, 25 Shakespeare Road, Stoke Newington, London, N16; Brothers - Fred, age 18, in the Army; Charlie, age 12, 25 Shakespeare Road, Stoke Newington, London, N16; George, age 8, 25 Shakespeare Road, Stoke Newington, London, N16; Sisters - Rose, age 14, 25 Shakespeare Road, Stoke Newington, London, N16; Lilly, age 6/7? years, 25 Shakespeare Road, Stoke Newington, London, N16.

Buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Special Memorial 4, France.


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