Kirk Thomas Marley 2/Lt 189534
Personnel Entry
Name Kirk Thomas Marley
Army number 189534
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations M.C. 31/8/1944 for service in N W Europe with 6th Bn DLI
Date of birth 21/1/1922
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 31/5/1941, Posted 2nd Bn DLI (Home details 14/11/1941), Posted 30th Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI 10/2/1942 (joined 18/2/1942), Posted overseas May 1942, Posted 70th Bn 22/6/1943, Posted 6th Bn DLI 1/6/1944, Wounded and evacuated July 1944, Trf Parachute Regiment 26/5/1945, Released as Hon Captain, Captain 6th Bn DLI 2/9/1954, TARO 7/1/1959
Company/Battery 2nd Bn - A Company, 30th Bn - C Company, 6th Bn - S Company
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Duty Officer
Joined Brigade
Promotions W/S Lt 1/10/1942, T/Captain 11/1/1944, A/Major 5/11/1954
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Mother's maiden name Marley. Educated Merchiston Castle School and St Catherine's College, Cambridge. Married 1948 to Hilary E Spalding at Darlington.
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