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Pte. Frederick John Ison
British Army 2/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
from:6 Rock Road, Royston, Herts
My Grandfater, Frederick Ison, enlisted into the Yorkshire Regiment aged 37 in June 1916. After basic training was posted to 2/5th Battalion in Sept 1916. The battalion embarked for France on 8th of September 1917.
He was then wounded in action on 22nd of March 2018 and went to hospital in Rouen for treatment and subsequent convalescence in Trouville. He survived having influenza in November 1918 and went to 22 Convalescent hospital and eventually returned to England in March 1919. He was finally demobilised in March 1920