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Capt. William Albert Dent
British Army 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Ashness, Bishop Auckland
William Albert Dent was the eldest son of William Dent, the photographer featured in The Wartime Memories project's TimeSlides exhibition of 2011. The family lived in Bishop Auckland, the three son's attended Barnard Castle School and were active cadets.
2nd Lt. William Dent arrived in France on the 6th of May 1915 and went straight to Flanders to join his unit the 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry who had arrived on the 21st of April. The Battalion has already had it's first taste of action near Zonnebeke and had been withdrawn to bivouac at Brielen Woods when William arrived with a draft of new officers.