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Pte. Thomas Dillon
British Army 3rd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Dublin
My Grandfather, Thomas Dillon, joined the Army aged 16 (age apparently 17 and 6 months) in 1900 and served in South Africa with the Liverpool Regiment during the 2nd Boer War. While still in South Africa he transferred the 2nd Dublin Fusiliers in order to serve alongside his brother. Transferred to the reserve in 1906, he was re-enlisted in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers on 5th August 1914.
He was posted to the 1st Battalion with the BEF on 12th of September 1914. He was wounded in early 1915 being returned to Blighty on 2nd May 1915 and posted to the 3rd Battalion (reserve) on 3rd August 1915. In September 1916 he was released from active duty as a result of his wounds and assigned to war work with the Singer Sewing Machine Company, while still remaining an enlisted man. On 12th of February 1917 he was discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for war service,

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