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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 | |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. | |||
Latest revision as of 15:58, 2 October 2026
Personnel Entry
Name 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
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.
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. Buried in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Redgrave, Suffolk.
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.