| Surname: | Dunkinson |
| Initials: | C W |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | P/27 |
| Notes: | MMP. From Haywards Heath. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (2a) Balkans, 2/7/1915 to 12/7/16. Info from Army record: Born Gosport, Hants, 13/7/1870, occupation, musician. Enlisted as Pte. 19th Hussars No. 3548, age 18 years, occupation Clerk, Home address; 4 Western Road, Haywards Heath. Served Home 14/3/89 to 30/8/91, India 1/9/91 to 20/1/97, Home 21/1/97 to 1/1/00, South Africa 2/1/00 to 11/2/02, sustained guns show wound to right knee and thigh, Home 12/2/02 to 13/3/02 to discharge. Re enlisted on the 3/9/1914 in MMP. Discharged medically unfit 6/3/1918, Sgt, no longer physically fit for War Service (rheumatism). Served Home 3/9/1914 to 1/7/1915, Mediterranean Exp Force 2/7/1915 to 4/7/1916, British Exp Force Egypt 5/7/1916 to 12/12/1917, Home 3/12/1917 to 6/3/1918. 29/12/1915 Attached 11 Division HQ, 10/8/1915 admitted to 25 CCS, enteritis, Imbros. 7/2/1916 disembarked from Mudros at Alexandria. 1/4/1916 appointed A/SSM with out pay, Ismailia, Embarked Alexandria 27/6/1916, Disembarked Marseilles 5/7/1916. Serving with 11 Division. 25/10/1917 APM Havre, 8/12/1917 Unfit for duty in France. Deprived of appointment on voyage home for drunkenness. Discharged 6/3/1918. Home address: 33 The Gardens, East Dulwich. 2/1/18 Deprived of rank of SSM reduced to Sgt on voyage home from Egypt for drunkenness. Info from Pension Index Card:- Dunkinson, Sgt, Charles, MMP, P/27, 6/3/18 to discharge, VI.304.8, SFJ.633, Stamp: Ad , 27/3/18 at 32/6 from 7/3/18 to 24/3/18, Chelsea no. VV50.1036, discharged 15/5/18. Charles William Dunkinson Extract from the Mid Sussex Times 3 November 1914. Sussex National Reserve, 1st Battalion. Sgt. C W. Dunkinson, MMP, No. 1 Haywards Heath. Tpr. W J Boniface, MMP, No. 4, Linfield. Pte G Grant, MMP, No. 4 Linfield. Extract from the Mid Sussex Times 4 January 1916. ROLL OF HONOUR - SERVING KING & COUNTRY. Charles William Dunkinson, late 19th Hussars, Military Mounted Police. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette: 30450 Page: 69 Jan. 1, 1918) |
| Citation: | France. Devotion to duty. Sgt. |
| Decoration: | Queen's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: Medal Roll WO 100/116 Page: 16 May 12, 1902) |
| Citation: | Clasps: Paardeberg, Johannesburgh, Cape Colony. Serving as L/Sgt 19th Hussars, No. 3548. Sustained GSW to right thigh. The above awards are also listed on District Staff, Medal roll WO 100/299, sheet 35, dated 8/8/1901. |
| Decoration: | King's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: Medal Roll WO 100/305 Page: 387 Sept. 1, 1904) |
| Citation: | Clasps: South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Awarded as L/Sgt, 19 Hussars, No.3548. Shown as MMP 7 Div Staff on this medal roll. Embarked to South Africa 1/2/1900 returned Home 11/2/1902. (page 20, HQ Staff for Queens & 3. |
| Decoration: | Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/51 Feb. 14, 1918) |
| Citation: | Badge No. 335040. Enlisted 3/9/1914, discharged 6/3/1918. Army Order 265 of 1917. Sec D. Age 47years 7months. Served abroad. |