YOUNGS, Kenneth John
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
907991
Born:
Thursday, December 4, 1919
Birthplace:
Ipswich, Suffolk
Died :
Wednesday, April 8, 1998
Age:
79
Served in the Commandos from 1940 to 1943.
Extract from Service Record
02.05.1939 attested into the Royal Artillery.
27.04.1940 transferred to No.2 Railway Training Centre Royal Engineers at Derby, for duty as a railway checker.
06.05.1940 posted 18 Technical Training Battalion, Railway Training Centre.
26.06.1940 posted to No.6 Commando 5 Troop.
10.11.1940 absorbed into the strength of the 5th Special Service Battalion*.
06.05.1941 attached to No.9 Commando.
12.07.1942 ceased to be attached to No.9 Commando.
27.10.1942 attached to HQ Special Service Brigade as R.P. No.6 Commando.
01.05.1943 ceased to be attached to HQ Special Service Brigade as R.P. No.6 Commando and re-joins main body of unit.
22.12.1943 posted T.N. Training Centre Royal Engineers from No.6 Commando.
21.01.1944 posted to No.8 Port Operating Group, Royal Engineers.
07.06.1944 embarked UK for Normandy, France.
08.06.1944 disembarked Normandy. Engaged Beach and Port operations.
12.06.1945 posted No.20 Regional Port Control Team.
1945/46 engaged Hamburg Port Administration.
1947 discharged to Reserve List.
Sources
Service Record provided by family.
Royal Engineers Tracer Card.
Royal Artillery Attestation Register.
[Image] Lucie Lucas, granddaughter.
* This was a short lived re-designation of commando units before reverting to original titles.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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