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4th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment
4th Battalion, East Kent Regiment (4th Buffs) was a Territorial unit. Theuy saw action in France 1940, throughout the Siege of Malta and in Greece.
20th May 1940 Reorganisation
21st May 1940 In Defence
23rd May 1940 Attack
27th May 1940 On the Move
27th May 1940 Withdrawal
28th May 1940 On the Move
9th Jun 1940 In Defence
9th Jun 1940 In Defence
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Those known to have served with 4th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Allan David Thomas Christian. Pte. (d.16th Nov 1943)
- Chismon Frank Stidolph. Pte. (d.23rd Oct. 1943)
- Flisher Eric Earl. Pte.
- Hayes Stanley Arthur. Pte.
- Hole Ernest Arthur. Mjr. (d.14th Nov 1943)
- Oliver Robert F.. Cpl.
- Payne Earnest Edwin. Pte. (d.28th May 1940)
- Poole Mervyn Owen. Pte.
- Robinson Charles Samuel. Pte. (d.23rd Oct 1943)
- Shephard Joseph James. Pte. (d.23rd Oct 1943)
- Simpson Francis Arthur. L/Cpl.
- Stingmore Frederick. Pte. (d.10th June 1940)
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Want to know more about 4th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment? There are:1327 items tagged 4th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment available in our Library
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Pte. David Thomas Christian Allan 4th Btn. Royal East Kent Regiment (d.16th Nov 1943) My father David Allan died on 16th of November 1943 on the Greek island of Leros, having served in Malta during the siege.
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Pte. Charles Samuel Robinson 4th Btn. Royal East Kent Regiment (d.23rd Oct 1943) My grandfather, Charles Robinson died whilst on board HMS Eclipse - it hit a mine. He left a widow Catherine and two young children, John and Ann. His name appears on the memorial in Hemel Hempstead and on the Commonwealth Memorial in Athens.
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Pte. Frederick Stingmore 4th Btn. East Kent Regiment (d.10th June 1940) Fred Stingmore was aged 19, he is buried in Eu Communal Cemetery in France
Son of Harry and Emma Stingmore of Sturry, Kent
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Pte. Earnest Edwin Payne 4th Btn. Royal East Kent Regiment (d.28th May 1940) Earnest Payne was part of British Expeditionary Force evacuating from St Nazaire.
He perished aged 20 aboard HMS Lancastria and is Buried at Noirmoutier-en-L'ile (L'Herbaudiere) Communal Cemetery at Vendee, France.
He was the Son of Harry Gordon Payne, Company Quartermaster Serjeant with the Somerset Light Infantry who died on the 2nd July 1940 aged 48, board SS Accordia Star torpedoed North West of Ireland.
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Cpl. Robert F. Oliver 1/4th Btn. Royal East Kent Regiment Robert Oliver served in the royal Navy in WW1 and the army in WW2. I am looking to find evidence to back newspaper up.
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Pte. Joseph James Shephard 4th Btn. East Kent Regiment (d.23rd Oct 1943) Joseph Shephard was onboard HMS Eclipse when she hit a mine east of Kalymnos Island in the Aegeon Sea. Joseph was one of the 143 casualties of the 4th Battalion East Kent Regiment and he is remembered on the Athens Memorial.
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Pte. Mervyn Owen Poole 4th Btn. Royal East Kent Regiment My father Mervyn Poole enlisted The Buffs on the 2nd Feb 1939 and was posted to France 16th April 1940, part of the BEF. His last day of freedom was the 16th May 1940. He was taken prisoner 17th May 1940 until 9th May 1945. He was in Stalag XXa and XXb at Mariensburg, Poland. He spent most of his time working on the farms. My father was part of the long march. He was returned to the UK on the 10th May 1945 and discharged 30th April 1946.
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Pte. Stanley Arthur Hayes 4th Btn. Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) Stanley Hayes was my father, born in Watford in 1918. He enlisted in the Army in WW2 and was sent to Malta along with the rest of the 4th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) in October 1940. He spent a lot of his time filling-in bomb craters on the island's runways.
In mid-1943 when the Italian surrender meant that Malta was safe, the Brigade that 4th Buffs were part of, was sent to Alexandria. From there they became part of the ill-fated attempt to capture and hold some of the former Italian islands in the Aegean.
The 4th Buffs were on Leros when my Dad was captured in November 1943. He was initially held in Stalag IV-G, Oschatz, before being moved to Stalag IV-B, Muhlberg. Interestingly, on his Register form his last camp is recorded aa IV-C, Wistritz, but his Identification Tag states IV-B. On both documents his PoW number is the same. He was released on 20th May 1945.
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L/Cpl. Francis Arthur Simpson 4th Btn. Buffs (East Kent) Regiment I began this quest when I decided to take a close look at my father's, Francis Simpson's, dog tags from Stalag 11A where he spent that last year of the war. This, together with many papers that my mother had saved, led me to his service record, then to here. I am now also researching my maternal father's record and my paternal father's records, both of whom survived the First World War.
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Pte. Eric Earl Flisher 4th Btn. East Kent Regiment I am trying to find more information about my granddad's time as a POW. According to the information I have from the ICRC, he was captured at Fecamp on 11th June 1940 and arrived at Stalag XXA on 9th July 1940 having come from a Dulag. He was then transferred to Stalag XXB on 1st March 1941 for the remainder of the war. His unit was 4th Battalion, East Kent (Buffs). His POW number was 13947.
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