Nightingale Neville Gascoyne 2/Lt 170486
Personnel Entry
Name Nightingale Neville Gascoyne ( it appears that Neville dropped the Wagner forename he had been given at his baptism).
Army number 170486
Rank 2nd Lieutenant.
Decorations None yet known beyond Service Awards. Awards issued 12/2/1949 - 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal.
Date of birth 2/5/1911.
Age
Unit Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford 4/10/1941. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard [SS Orduna https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380] on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.
Company/Battery Not yet ascertained.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet confirmed.
Task or role Duty Officer.
Joined Brigade From the date the Kensingtons supported the Brigade.
Promotions Lieutenant - Gazetted 21/2/19141.
Wounded Yes - blown up by a mine at Mersa Brega, Egypt 15/12/1942.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death 28/9/1989.
Home address Father - Lacy Gamaliel Nightingale Brophy, mother - Katie Wagner. Married Nancy Esther Whistler in Chelsea Q3 1946.
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