Nightingale Neville Gascoyne 2/Lt 170486 - Revision history

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	\|Date of birth=2/5/1911.		\|Date of birth=2/5/1911.
	\|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.		\|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.
	\|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford [see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bergensfjord] 4/10/1941. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard SS Orduna see here https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380 on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.		\|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford [see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bergensfjord] 4/10/1941. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard SS Orduna see here https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380 on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded. Discharged May 1945.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
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	\|Wounded=Yes - blown up by a mine at Mersa Brega, Egypt 15/12/1942.		\|Wounded=Yes - blown up by a mine at Mersa Brega, Egypt 15/12/1942.
	\|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.		\|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 28/9/1989.		\|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 28/9/1989. Buried in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Redgrave, Suffolk.
	\|Home address=Father - Lacy Gamaliel Nightingale Brophy, mother - Katie Wagner. Married Nancy Esther Whistler in Chelsea Q3 1946.		\|Home address=Father - Lacy Gamaliel Nightingale Brophy, mother - Katie Wagner. Called to the Bar - Inner Temple - 24/6/1936. In the 1939 General Register he is shown as working as a Barrister at Law. Married Nancy Esther Whistler in Chelsea Q3 1946. Lived at Cedar Cottage, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire.
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	We are very grateful to Tom Nightingale for family information and photographs - which can be found on the Regimental Page.		We are very grateful to Tom Nightingale for family information and photographs - which can be found on the Regimental Page.

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	\|Home address=Father - Lacy Gamaliel Nightingale Brophy, mother - Katie Wagner. Married Nancy Esther Whistler in Chelsea Q3 1946.		\|Home address=Father - Lacy Gamaliel Nightingale Brophy, mother - Katie Wagner. Married Nancy Esther Whistler in Chelsea Q3 1946.
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			We are very grateful to Tom Nightingale for family information and photographs - which can be found on the Regimental Page.

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	\|Date of birth=2/5/1911.		\|Date of birth=2/5/1911.
	\|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.		\|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.
	\|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford [see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bergensfjord 4/10/1941]. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard SS Orduna see here https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380 on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.		\|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford [see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bergensfjord] 4/10/1941. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard SS Orduna see here https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380 on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.

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	\|Date of birth=2/5/1911.		\|Date of birth=2/5/1911.
	\|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.		\|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.
	\|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford 4/10/1941. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard SS Orduna see here https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380 on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.		\|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford [see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bergensfjord 4/10/1941]. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard SS Orduna see here https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380 on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.

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	\|Date of birth=2/5/1911.		\|Date of birth=2/5/1911.
	\|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.		\|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.
	\|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford 4/10/1941. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard [[SS Orduna https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380]] on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.		\|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford 4/10/1941. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard SS Orduna see here https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380 on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.

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	\|Date of birth=2/5/1911.		\|Date of birth=2/5/1911.
	\|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.		\|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.
	\|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford 4/10/1941. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard [SS Orduna https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380] on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.		\|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford 4/10/1941. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard [[SS Orduna https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380]] on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.

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	\|Date of birth=2/5/1911.		\|Date of birth=2/5/1911.
	\|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.		\|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.
	\|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford 4/10/1941. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard SS Orduna on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.		\|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford 4/10/1941. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard [SS Orduna https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380] on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Nightingale Neville Gascoyne ( it appears that Neville dropped the Wagner forename he had been given at his baptism).
|Army number=170486
|Rank=2nd Lieutenant.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards. Awards issued 12/2/1949 - 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal.
|Date of birth=2/5/1911.
|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.
|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford 4/10/1941. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard SS Orduna on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Duty Officer.
|Joined Brigade=From the date the Kensingtons supported the Brigade.
|Promotions=Lieutenant - Gazetted 21/2/19141.
|Wounded=Yes - blown up by a mine at Mersa Brega, Egypt 15/12/1942.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 28/9/1989.
|Home address=Father - Lacy Gamaliel Nightingale Brophy, mother - Katie Wagner. Married Nancy Esther Whistler in Chelsea Q3 1946.
}}