Pepperell John Kirkham Pte 4459406
Personnel Entry
Name Pepperell John Kirkham
Army number 4459406
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known but probably 1919.
Age 22 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War - probably on or around 20/5/1940. DIED whilst a Prisoner of War 21/4/41.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - details of Stalag (probably Malbork) and PoW number not yet known.
Died/Killed in action DIED 21-Apr-41 while a Prisoner of War - cause of death not yet ascertained. Initially interred - possibly at the PoW Camp Cemetery.
Re-buried 27/11/1948 in Grave 7.A.7. Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery. His headstone inscription reads: TILL WE MEET AGAIN.
Home address Son of Charlie O. and Maggie A. Pepperell, North Shields.
Source table 1TS
Cause of his death requires investigation - possibly via the Red Cross.
