ALBERT JAMES KENT
- Died: 22 Apr 1916
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Service no at death: 11003
- Died: 22 Apr 1916
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Service no at death: 11003
Personal
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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
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- 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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Military
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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 died
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- 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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Death and Memorial
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- 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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