Hensley Fred ACC attached 143rd Field Regiment

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Personnel Entry

Fred Hensley - seen in the UK.
Fred Hensley - seen in the UK.

Name Hensley Fred
Army number Not yet ascertained.
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 1918
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Thought to have Enlisted in the Army Catering Corps. Attached to 386th Battery, 143rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Served Iceland.
Company/Battery Probably Battery HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Cook.
Joined Brigade Probably when 143rd Field Regiment was attached in support of the Brigade in 1942.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address Worked as a Baker's Assistant. Had lived in Ashbourne until 1922 and then moved to 13, Ramsgate Road, Margate.
Source table

Other photographs, kindly supplied by his nephew, featuring Fred are set out below:-

Group with Fred Hensley on the right
Fred Hensley in Iceland