Bulkeley Owen Richard John Pte 6213025 - Revision history

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	[[File:Iceland_1941.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Icelandic Scene]]		[[File:Iceland_1941.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Icelandic Scene]]

	[[		[[File:Iceland_Exercise_2.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|left\|Exercise in Iceland]]

			[[File:Iceland_Exercise_3.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Exercise in Iceland 2]]

			[[File:Fontenay_le_Pesnel_3.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|left\|Fontenay le Pesnel]]

			[[File:Fontenay_le_Pesnel_-_cleaning_up.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|centre\|Fontenay - clearing up after the battle]]

			[[File:728235253_122164199534647834_7846287628340948500_n.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Bulkeley with enemy half-track after Fontenay]]

			[[File:Bulkeley_Wedding_photo.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|left\|Wedding photo 1943]]

			[[File:Two_boys_photo.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Bulkeley sons]]

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	[[File:2613025_Owen_R_Bulkeley.jpg\|~~400px~~\|thumb\|left\|Private Bulkeley]]		[[File:2613025_Owen_R_Bulkeley.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|left\|Private Bulkeley]]

	[[File:Iceland_6_Platoon.jpg\|~~400px~~\|thumb\|centre\|No. 6 Platoon]]		[[File:Iceland_6_Platoon.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|centre\|No. 6 Platoon]]

	[[File:Iceland_1941.jpg\|~~400px~~\|thumb\|right\|Icelandic Scene]]		[[File:Iceland_1941.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Icelandic Scene]]

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	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements, as a result of having developed an ulcer. Conduct rated very good.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements, as a result of having developed an ulcer. Conduct rated very good.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=12 Platoon.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=6 Platoon, 12 Platoon.
	\|Task or role=Machine Gunner 16/6/1940 - 12/10/1940. Technical Storeman Class III 31/8/1940. Technical Storeman Class 2 after passing Trade Tests 1944. Gun No 1 21/8/1944.		\|Task or role=Machine Gunner 16/6/1940 - 12/10/1940. Technical Storeman Class III 31/8/1940. Technical Storeman Class 2 after passing Trade Tests 1944. Gun No 1 21/8/1944.
	\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed but probably from when the Battalion supported the Brigade.		\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed but probably from when the Battalion supported the Brigade.
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	\|Image Title=Private Owen Richard John Bulkeley, 2nd Kensingtons.		\|Image Title=Private Owen Richard John Bulkeley, 2nd Kensingtons.
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			[[File:2613025_Owen_R_Bulkeley.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|left\|Private Bulkeley]]

			[[File:Iceland_6_Platoon.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|centre\|No. 6 Platoon]]

			[[File:Iceland_1941.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Icelandic Scene]]

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	\|Army number=6213025		\|Army number=6213025
	\|Rank=Private		\|Rank=Private
	\|Decorations=None yet known.		\|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
	\|Date of birth=1/7/1915 at Holyhead, Anglesey. Mother's maiden surname Roberts.		\|Date of birth=1/7/1915 at Holyhead, Anglesey. Mother's maiden surname Roberts.
	\|Age=76 at the time of his death.		\|Age=76 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements, as a result of having developed an ulcer. Conduct rated very good.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements, as a result of having developed an ulcer. Conduct rated very good.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=~~Gun No. 1 with~~ 12 Platoon.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=12 Platoon.
	\|Task or role=Machine Gunner 16/6/1940 - 12/10/1940. Technical Storeman Class III 31/8/1940. Gun No 1 21/8/1944.		\|Task or role=Machine Gunner 16/6/1940 - 12/10/1940. Technical Storeman Class III 31/8/1940. Technical Storeman Class 2 after passing Trade Tests 1944. Gun No 1 21/8/1944.
	\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.		\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed but probably from when the Battalion supported the Brigade.
	\|Promotions=Lance Corporal 5/7/1944. Corporal 2/8/1944.		\|Promotions=Lance Corporal 5/7/1944. Corporal 2/8/1944.
	\|Wounded=No.		\|Wounded=No.
	\|Prisoner of War=No.		\|Prisoner of War=No.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Died 4/3/1992 - death registered at Hereford.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died 4/3/1992 - death registered at Hereford.
	\|Home address=Working as shop assistant at the time of his enlistment. Father John Bulkeley. Married Edith Mary Cook Q3 1943 at Kington, Herefordshire. Lived at 3, Duke Street, Kington, Herefordshire.		\|Home address=Working as Greengrocer's shop assistant at the time of his enlistment. Father John Bulkeley (1880 - 1959). Mpther Kate Roberts (1880 - 1941). Married Edith Mary Cook Q3 1943 at Kington, Herefordshire. Lived at 3, Duke Street, Kington, Herefordshire. Worked as an Insurance Agent post-war.
	\|Image Name=Bulkeley_Photo_from_Ancestry.jpg		\|Image Name=Bulkeley_Photo_from_Ancestry.jpg
	\|Image Title=Private Owen Richard John Bulkeley, 2nd Kensingtons.		\|Image Title=Private Owen Richard John Bulkeley, 2nd Kensingtons.
	}}		}}

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	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements, as a result of having developed an ulcer. Conduct rated very good.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements, as a result of having developed an ulcer. Conduct rated very good.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
	\|Platoon or other sub-~~Unit~~=Gun No. 1 with 12 Platoon.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Gun No. 1 with 12 Platoon.
	\|Task or role=Machine Gunner 16/6/1940 - 12/10/1940. Technical Storeman Class III 31/8/1940. Gun No 1 21/8/1944.		\|Task or role=Machine Gunner 16/6/1940 - 12/10/1940. Technical Storeman Class III 31/8/1940. Gun No 1 21/8/1944.
	\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.		\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
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	\|Image Name=Bulkeley_Photo_from_Ancestry.jpg		\|Image Name=Bulkeley_Photo_from_Ancestry.jpg
	\|Image Title=Private Owen Richard John Bulkeley, 2nd Kensingtons.		\|Image Title=Private Owen Richard John Bulkeley, 2nd Kensingtons.

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70bgadmin at 19:49, 29 December 2022

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	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements, as a result of having developed an ulcer. Conduct rated very good.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements, as a result of having developed an ulcer. Conduct rated very good.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
	\|Platoon or other ~~Sub~~-Unit= Gun No. 1 with 12 Platoon.		\|Platoon or other sub-Unit=Gun No. 1 with 12 Platoon.
	\|Task or role=Machine Gunner 16/6/1940 - 12/10/1940. Technical Storeman Class III 31/8/1940. Gun No 1 21/8/1944.		\|Task or role=Machine Gunner 16/6/1940 - 12/10/1940. Technical Storeman Class III 31/8/1940. Gun No 1 21/8/1944.
	\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.		\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.

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	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements, as a result of having developed an ulcer. Conduct rated very good.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements, as a result of having developed an ulcer. Conduct rated very good.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
	\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Gun No. 1 with 12 Platoon.		\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit= Gun No. 1 with 12 Platoon.
	\|Task or role=Machine Gunner 16/6/1940 - 12/10/1940. Technical Storeman Class III 31/8/1940. Gun No 1 21/8/1944.		\|Task or role=Machine Gunner 16/6/1940 - 12/10/1940. Technical Storeman Class III 31/8/1940. Gun No 1 21/8/1944.
	\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.		\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.

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	\|Date of birth=1/7/1915 at Holyhead, Anglesey. Mother's maiden surname Roberts.		\|Date of birth=1/7/1915 at Holyhead, Anglesey. Mother's maiden surname Roberts.
	\|Age=76 at the time of his death.		\|Age=76 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements. Conduct rated very good.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements, as a result of having developed an ulcer. Conduct rated very good.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
	\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Gun No. 1 with 12 Platoon.		\|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Gun No. 1 with 12 Platoon.
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	\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.		\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
	\|Promotions=Lance Corporal 5/7/1944. Corporal 2/8/1944.		\|Promotions=Lance Corporal 5/7/1944. Corporal 2/8/1944.
	\|Wounded=~~Not as far as is known~~.		\|Wounded=No.
	\|Prisoner of War=~~Not as far as is known~~.		\|Prisoner of War=No.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Died 4/3/1992 - death registered at Hereford.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died 4/3/1992 - death registered at Hereford.
	\|Home address=Working as shop assistant at the time of his enlistment. Father John Bulkeley. Married Edith Mary Cook Q3 1943 at Kington, Herefordshire. Lived at 3, Duke Street, Kington, Herefordshire.		\|Home address=Working as shop assistant at the time of his enlistment. Father John Bulkeley. Married Edith Mary Cook Q3 1943 at Kington, Herefordshire. Lived at 3, Duke Street, Kington, Herefordshire.

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	\|Died/Killed in action=Died 4/3/1992 - death registered at Hereford.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died 4/3/1992 - death registered at Hereford.
	\|Home address=Working as shop assistant at the time of his enlistment. Father John Bulkeley. Married Edith Mary Cook Q3 1943 at Kington, Herefordshire. Lived at 3, Duke Street, Kington, Herefordshire.		\|Home address=Working as shop assistant at the time of his enlistment. Father John Bulkeley. Married Edith Mary Cook Q3 1943 at Kington, Herefordshire. Lived at 3, Duke Street, Kington, Herefordshire.
	\|Image Name=		\|Image Name=Bulkeley_Photo_from_Ancestry.jpg
	\|Image Title=		\|Image Title=Private Owen Richard John Bulkeley, 2nd Kensingtons.

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Bulkeley Owen Richard John
|Army number=6213025
|Rank=Private
|Decorations=None yet known.
|Date of birth=1/7/1915 at Holyhead, Anglesey. Mother's maiden surname Roberts.
|Age=76 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements. Conduct rated very good.
|Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Gun No. 1 with 12 Platoon.
|Task or role=Machine Gunner 16/6/1940 - 12/10/1940. Technical Storeman Class III 31/8/1940. Gun No 1 21/8/1944.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
|Promotions=Lance Corporal 5/7/1944. Corporal 2/8/1944.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Died 4/3/1992 - death registered at Hereford.
|Home address=Working as shop assistant at the time of his enlistment. Father John Bulkeley. Married Edith Mary Cook Q3 1943 at Kington, Herefordshire. Lived at 3, Duke Street, Kington, Herefordshire.
|Image Name=
|Image Title=

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	[[File:Iceland_1941.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Icelandic Scene]]		[[File:Iceland_1941.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Icelandic Scene]]

	[[		[[File:Iceland_Exercise_2.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|left\|Exercise in Iceland]]

			[[File:Iceland_Exercise_3.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Exercise in Iceland 2]]

			[[File:Fontenay_le_Pesnel_3.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|left\|Fontenay le Pesnel]]

			[[File:Fontenay_le_Pesnel_-_cleaning_up.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|centre\|Fontenay - clearing up after the battle]]

			[[File:728235253_122164199534647834_7846287628340948500_n.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Bulkeley with enemy half-track after Fontenay]]

			[[File:Bulkeley_Wedding_photo.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|left\|Wedding photo 1943]]

			[[File:Two_boys_photo.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Bulkeley sons]]