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| − | |Decorations=M.B.E. | + | |Decorations=M.B.E. (Military Division) gazetted 7/3/1941. M.C. - gazetted 11/10/1945. |
| − | |Date of birth= | + | |Date of birth=1907 at Totland, Isle of Wight. |
| − | |Age=34 | + | |Age=34 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Unit=Posted 9th | + | |Unit=Cadet - Durham School Contingent ACF. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 5th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 25/3/1927. |
| − | |Company/Battery= | + | Posted 9th Battalion RNF. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. Killed in Action - Singapore - 14/2/1942. |
| − | |Task or role= | + | |Company/Battery=Not yet confirmed. |
| − | |Promotions= | + | |Task or role=Company Commander? |
| − | |Wounded= | + | |Promotions=Lieutenant, Captain, Major. |
| − | |Prisoner of War= | + | |Wounded=Not as far as is known. |
| − | |Died/Killed in action=14/2/1942. | + | |Prisoner of War=No - killed in action before the force was surrendered. |
| − | |Home address=Son of Charles Holland Besley and Edith Besley. Husband of Kate Patricia Besley of Caversham, Reading, Berkshire. | + | |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 14/2/1942. Interred 23/5/1942 at Hill 105, North West Junction of Thompson and Braddell Roads. |
| + | Re-Buried 23/5/1946 Grave 14.D.12. Kranji War Cemetery. No headstone inscription. | ||
| + | |Home address=Son of Charles Holland Besley (1869 - died 7/5/1940) and Edith Besley (1884 - 1970). On 1911 Census in Portsmouth. Resident in Monkseaton 1936. Married 22/12/1938 to Kate Patricia Wood (1912 - 2007) in Blackpool, Lancashire. Husband of Kate Patricia Besley of Caversham, Reading, Berkshire. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:25, 16 July 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Besley Charles Robert Ingram
Army number 37810
Rank Major
Decorations M.B.E. (Military Division) gazetted 7/3/1941. M.C. - gazetted 11/10/1945.
Date of birth 1907 at Totland, Isle of Wight.
Age 34 at the time of his death.
Unit Cadet - Durham School Contingent ACF. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 5th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 25/3/1927.
Posted 9th Battalion RNF. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. Killed in Action - Singapore - 14/2/1942.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Company Commander?
Joined Brigade
Promotions Lieutenant, Captain, Major.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War No - killed in action before the force was surrendered.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 14/2/1942. Interred 23/5/1942 at Hill 105, North West Junction of Thompson and Braddell Roads.
Re-Buried 23/5/1946 Grave 14.D.12. Kranji War Cemetery. No headstone inscription.
Home address Son of Charles Holland Besley (1869 - died 7/5/1940) and Edith Besley (1884 - 1970). On 1911 Census in Portsmouth. Resident in Monkseaton 1936. Married 22/12/1938 to Kate Patricia Wood (1912 - 2007) in Blackpool, Lancashire. Husband of Kate Patricia Besley of Caversham, Reading, Berkshire.
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