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ALBERT JAMES KENT

Died : 22 Apr 1916

Rank : Lance Corporal

Service no at death: 11003

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Surname:	KENT
Forename:	ALBERT JAMES
Initials:	A J
Date of Birth	1895
Place of Birth	Sturminster Marshall
Place of Birth Source	UK Soldiers died
Address	1901 Front Lanes Sturminster Marshall 1911 Damerham
Schools attended

Employment / trade	Farm labourer
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)	Son the late Albert James and Louisa Ann Kent, of Sturminser Marshall, Wimborne.
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Regiment at call-up	Dorsetshire Regiment
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up	Private
Service no at call-up	11003
Date of attestation	07 Sep 1914
Date of call-up	-
Area reported to	Blandford
Source	UK soldiers who died

Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service details	Served at home from 7 Sep 1914 - 30 Jun 1915. Embarked with Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 1 Jul 1915. Received a serious gun shot wound 16 Aug 1915 and returned to England on 21 Sep 1915. Promoted to Lance Corporal 10 Dec 1915. Left Devonport on 10 Dec 2015 and arrived in Mesopotamia 7 Jan 1916. Died of wounds received in action 22 Apr 1916.
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Service facts

Age at death	19
Date of death	22 Apr 1916
Regiment at death	Dorsetshire Regiment
Battalion at death	2nd Bn.
Rank at death	Lance Corporal
Circumstances of death
Service no at death	11003
Field of action at death
Place of death	Iraq

Location of grave	Amara War Cemetery
Position	XXI. B. 19.
Other memorials	Sturminster Marshall War Memorial
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