Kidston Adrian Alan Oliphant Lieutenant 304038 - Revision history

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|Surname and forenames=Kidston Adrian Alan Oliphant
|Army number=304038
|Rank=Lieutenant.
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|Age=(At time of death).
|Unit=Served in the Royal Artillery. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=
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 |Army number=304038
 |Rank=Lieutenant.
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth=
+|Date of birth=1923
-|Age=(At time of death).
+|Age=21 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Served in the Royal Artillery.  Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.  KILLED in ACTION 1/11/1944.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery with Regimental Number 1116774.  Underwent Basic Training.  Attended Officer Cadet Training Unit.  Commissioned in the Royal Artillery as a Second Lieutenant 1/1/1944.  Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.  Served North West Europe.  Reported MISSING in ACTION believed killed.
-|Company/Battery=
+Later confirmed as having been KILLED in ACTION 1/11/1944.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=
+|Company/Battery=452 Battery.
-|Task or role=
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
-|Joined Brigade=
+|Task or role=Possibly a Troop Commander.
-|Promotions=
+|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
-|Wounded=
+|Promotions=War Substantive Lieutenant.
-|Prisoner of War=
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION at Flushing, 1/11/1944.
+|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
-|Home address=
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION at Flushing, 1/11/1944.  Commemorated on Panel 1 of the Groesbeek Memorial.
 }}