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Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment 1st Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment 2nd Btn. 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Those known to have served with Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Bulkeley Owen Richard John. Cpl. Greenwood Clifford. Pte. (d.27th Jun 1944) Harris Derek Edward. Cpl. Kew George Frederick. Lankshear Gerald Alfred Frank. Pte. Morton C. H.. Pte. Wilson George. Sgt The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. 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Princess Louise Kensington Regiment My father, Derek Harris, served with the 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise Kensington Regiment from 1938 to 1946. After training, he was sent to Iceland, and was brought back to the UK suffering double pneumonia. Following that period he took part in the 3rd day of the Normandy Landing. He spent a long time in Holland as a machine gunner, safeguarding bridges against the Germans. I can remember Dad taking me to the annual children's Christmas party at Kensington and Dad was a regular supporter of the Regiment's annual dinner and looked forward to meeting his war mates. After the war, Dad took up men's tailoring for some years and then became a commercial traveller for HP Sauce throughout Kent. He became President of the Ferring branch of the Royal British Legion where he retired. Dad died in 2000. Stephen Harris Add to this record. Pte. Clifford Greenwood 1st Btn. Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment (d.27th Jun 1944) Clifford Fisher was one of two brothers killed in this war. His brother was Ronald Greenwood they were my mothers cousins. Kevin Fisher Add to this record. Cpl. Owen Richard John Bulkeley 2nd Btn. Princess Louises Kensington Regiment My grandfather, Dick Bulkeley, joined the 2nd Kensington Regiment at the outbreak of WW2, being part of the occupying force in Iceland in 1940. On his return to the UK he was based at Kington Camp in Kington, Herefordshire where he met Mary Cook and married her. On D-Day + 6 he was a machine gunner as part of the invasion force in Europe fighting through Northern France, Belgium and finally on "the island" in Holland. He was discharged in 1946 for a perforated ulcer and returned to Hereford were he lived for the remainder of his life. He never spoke of the war but he often mentioned the evil of the German Army at that time. Add to this record. Pte. C. H. "Danky" Morton 1st Btn. Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment Has anyone heard of my grandfather, Private C.H. Morton (5948269), who fought in Sicily in WWII. He was part of the 1st Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. He was badly injured in 1943 and was returned to England to the Mount Vernon Hospital in Middlesex. He was known as Danky. I am trying to find out what his real first name was; his date of birth and/or death; or where he was born/lived. Lin Taylor Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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