Kirkup William Brookes Lt 73651
Personnel Entry
Name Kirkup William Brookes
Army number 73651
Rank Lt
Decorations M.i.D. 20/12/1940, T.E.D. 25/5/1951
Date of birth October 1919
Age
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt in the 8th Bn 8/12/1937. Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted 11th Bn 11/1/1940. Posted 70th Bde HQ 15/1/1940. Served BEF? Posted 11th Bn DLI 24/9/1940 as Company Commander. Served Iceland. Posted overseas 6/6/1942. Transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 17/3/1945 as W/S Lt.
Company/Battery Brigade Headquarters. Battalion HQ. 11th Bn - D Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Brigade Transport Section.
Task or role 8th Bn HQ Coy - Platoon Commander No 1 Platoon. HQ Company 1/9/1939. Brigade Motor Transport Officer. 11th Bn - Adjutant. Company Commander.
Joined Brigade 11-Jan-40.
Promotions 2/Lt 1/12/1939. A/Captain 15/1/1940. W/S Lt and T/Captain 15/4/1940. T/Captain 9/6/1945. Captain 8/12/1945. To TARO 1/9/1948.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Death registered March 1995, Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan.
Home address Son of Major Ernest Hodgson Kirkup JP of Oakfield, Low Fell by his wife Helen Chadwick, daughter of William Brookes of Hale, Cheshire. Nephew of Brigadier Kirkup.
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