Bulkeley Owen Richard John Pte 6213025
Personnel Entry
Name Bulkeley Owen Richard John
Army number 6213025
Rank Private
Decorations None yet known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 1/7/1915 at Holyhead, Anglesey. Mother's maiden surname Roberts.
Age 76 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment 16/5/1940. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942. Attached G Branch T.E. 16/8/1943 - 31/8/1943 MT Stores RAOC. Served Normandy 9/6/1944 - 14/12/1945. Passed technical Storeman Trade Test and upgraded to Class II 26/11/1944. Discharged as a Corporal 6/4/1946 on ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements, as a result of having developed an ulcer. Conduct rated very good.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit 6 Platoon, 12 Platoon.
Task or role Machine Gunner 16/6/1940 - 12/10/1940. Technical Storeman Class III 31/8/1940. Technical Storeman Class 2 after passing Trade Tests 1944. Gun No 1 21/8/1944.
Joined Brigade Not yet confirmed but probably from when the Battalion supported the Brigade.
Promotions Lance Corporal 5/7/1944. Corporal 2/8/1944.
Wounded No.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Died 4/3/1992 - death registered at Hereford.
Home address Working as Greengrocer's shop assistant at the time of his enlistment. Father John Bulkeley (1880 - 1959). Mpther Kate Roberts (1880 - 1941). Married Edith Mary Cook Q3 1943 at Kington, Herefordshire. Lived at 3, Duke Street, Kington, Herefordshire. Worked as an Insurance Agent post-war.
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