Difference between revisions of "Hoggard Kenneth 2/Lt 268955"
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|Date of birth=1922 in Canada | |Date of birth=1922 in Canada | ||
|Age=22 | |Age=22 | ||
| − | |Unit=Posted as Cadet to 164 O.C.T.U. | + | |Unit=Posted as Cadet to 164 O.C.T.U. Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as 2/Lt 27/3/1943. Posted 11th Bn DLI 2/4/1943. Served Normandy. Transferred to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944. DIED of WOUNDS with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 28/6/1944. |
|Task or role=Duty Officer | |Task or role=Duty Officer | ||
| − | |Joined Brigade=02-Apr-43 | + | |Joined Brigade=02-Apr-43. |
| − | |Promotions=W/S Lt 27/9/1943 | + | |Promotions=W/S Lt 27/9/1943. |
| − | |Wounded=27/6/1944 | + | |Wounded=27/6/1944. |
| − | |Died/Killed in action=28-Jun-44 | + | |Died/Killed in action=28-Jun-44. |
| − | |Home address=Son of Walter and Lillian Hoggard, | + | |Home address=Resident of West London. Son of Walter and Lillian Hoggard, husband of Dorothea Hoggard, Westminster, London. Buried Grave IV. B. 8. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery. |
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
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Revision as of 17:47, 14 November 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Hoggard Kenneth
Army number 268955
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations M.C. Gazetted 19 October 1944 for services in N W Europe.
Date of birth 1922 in Canada
Age 22
Unit Posted as Cadet to 164 O.C.T.U. Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as 2/Lt 27/3/1943. Posted 11th Bn DLI 2/4/1943. Served Normandy. Transferred to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station 27/6/1944. DIED of WOUNDS with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 28/6/1944.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Duty Officer
Joined Brigade 02-Apr-43.
Promotions W/S Lt 27/9/1943.
Wounded 27/6/1944.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 28-Jun-44.
Home address Resident of West London. Son of Walter and Lillian Hoggard, husband of Dorothea Hoggard, Westminster, London. Buried Grave IV. B. 8. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI
Battalion records, and one edition of the London Gazette, have his number as 268995
To see Lt Hoggard's commemorative record click here
