Difference between revisions of "Kirkup William Brookes Lt 73651"
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|Company/Battery=Bde HQ, Bn HQ, D, | |Company/Battery=Bde HQ, Bn HQ, D, | ||
| − | |Task or role=Brigade Motor Transport Officer, Adjutant, O.C. | + | |Task or role=8th Bn HQ Coy - Platoon Commander No 1 Platoon, HQ Company 1/9/1939. Brigade Motor Transport Officer, Adjutant, O.C. |
|Joined Brigade=11-Jan-40 | |Joined Brigade=11-Jan-40 | ||
|Died/Killed in action=Death registered March 1995, Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan. | |Died/Killed in action=Death registered March 1995, Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan. | ||
|Home address=Son of Major Ernest Hodgson Kirkup JP of Oakfield, Low Fell by his wife Helen Chadwick, daughter of William Brookes of Hale, Cheshire. | |Home address=Son of Major Ernest Hodgson Kirkup JP of Oakfield, Low Fell by his wife Helen Chadwick, daughter of William Brookes of Hale, Cheshire. | ||
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Revision as of 14:03, 9 November 2014
Personnel Entry
Name Kirkup William Brookes
Army number 73651
Rank Lt
Decorations M.i.D. 20/12/1940, T.E.D. 25/5/1951
Date of birth October 1919
Age
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn 8/12/1937, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 11th Bn 11/1/1940, Posted 70th Bde HQ 15/1/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 24/9/1940, Iceland, Posted overseas 6/6/1942, Trf King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 17/3/1945 as W/S Lt.
Company/Battery Bde HQ, Bn HQ, D,
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role 8th Bn HQ Coy - Platoon Commander No 1 Platoon, HQ Company 1/9/1939. Brigade Motor Transport Officer, Adjutant, O.C.
Joined Brigade 11-Jan-40
Promotions 2/Lt 1/12/1939, A/Captain 15/1/1940, W/S Lt and T/Captain 15/4/1940, T/Captain 9/6/1945, Captain 8/12/1945, To TARO 1/9/1948
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Death registered March 1995, Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan.
Home address Son of Major Ernest Hodgson Kirkup JP of Oakfield, Low Fell by his wife Helen Chadwick, daughter of William Brookes of Hale, Cheshire.
Source table 11DLI
