Difference between revisions of "Kipling John Wilson Captain 56131"
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|Promotions=Lt 28/6/1936, A/Captain 1/9/1939, T/Captain 1/12/1939. | |Promotions=Lt 28/6/1936, A/Captain 1/9/1939, T/Captain 1/12/1939. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 | |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 | ||
Revision as of 07:59, 22 July 2014
Personnel Entry
Name Kipling John Wilson
Army number 56131
Rank Captain
Decorations
Date of birth October 1903
Age 37
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 28/6/1933. Posted 6th Bn DLI. Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted 10th Bn DLI, B.E.F., KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery C Coy 10th Bn
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Company Commander
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939
Promotions Lt 28/6/1936, A/Captain 1/9/1939, T/Captain 1/12/1939.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40
Home address Educated Alderman Wraith Secondary School. Audit Clerk, Durham County Council, qualified ACIS. "Kirklee", Rock Road, Spennymoor, County Durham. Son of Charles and Isabella Harrison Kipling, husband of Doris Kipling, Spennymoor. Buried Plot 8. Row C. Grave 8. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
Source table 10DLI
