TORDOFF, Kenneth
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
5 Commando
Prior Police Service:
West Riding Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
East Yorkshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
14509788
Born:
Monday, August 8, 1921
Died :
Wednesday, March 15, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
22
Cemetery/Memorial:
Private Kenneth Tordoff , Intelligence Section, No 5 Commando HQ, was killed in action during operations at Maungdaw. Son of Robert and Amy Olive Tordoff, of Old Goole, Yorkshire.
In 1942 Kenneth was a Police Constable at West Riding County Headquarters Wakefield. Prior to this he had been employed as a Civilian Police Clerk at Doncaster. He joined the RAF in May 1942 after volunteering for flying duties but was discharged after six months. He then volunteered for the commandos and was attached to No.5 Commando embarking with them for the Far East in November 1943.
In 1942 Kenneth was a Police Constable at West Riding County Headquarters Wakefield. Prior to this he had been employed as a Civilian Police Clerk at Doncaster. He joined the RAF in May 1942 after volunteering for flying duties but was discharged after six months. He then volunteered for the commandos and was attached to No.5 Commando embarking with them for the Far East in November 1943.
His name is amongst others commemorated on the West Riding Constabulary War Memorial Plaque currently located on the wall near the WW1 cenotaph, West Yorkshire Police HQ.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/74.
Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.
The 1939 Register covering Goole, Yorkshire.
The 1939 Register covering Goole, Yorkshire.
Report on his death in the Hull Daily Mail 19 April 1944.
IWM War Memorials Register ref WMR 29199.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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