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Sgt. Alfred Edwin Saxon Pip
British Army 1st Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Tower Hamlets, London
I never knew my great grandfather Alfred Saxon, but I do know that he never spoke about his time at war. He served with the 1st, 2nd and 11th Battalions Middlesex Regiment. It sounds like he might have suffered from PTSD as he would just disappear leaving my great nan with 10 children to fend for. Alfred was very proud of his silk Regimental flag which he hung over his fire place. My mum now has that, and one day it will pass to me. I've learnt that when he first enlisted at age 18, he was quite naughty, and always having his pay docked, and on two occasions he was imprisoned for 168 hours with hard labour. He also had several tattoos, 2 of which are referred to on his army records as 'scars above both buttocks'. These scars were actually 2 clown tattoos. My great grandfather served a total of 17 years in the Middlesex Regiment and was promoted to sergeant in Feb 1915.
