Whilst bimbling around on FindMyPast found these details for Sgt Kenneth Edwin Crute (39662383) of Torquay. He won his Military Medal with 1st Lancashire Fusiliers in Mogaung Town on 25 June 1944.
I read his number as 3966238. I should only have 7 digits. Shows he enlisted into Welch Regiment 3947001 - 4025000
The London Gazette dated 4 January 1945 confirms his award and that he came originally from Tredegar in South East Wales. So everything matches up nicely. Thanks for posting in the first instance SK89.
Nothing about him in the war diary sadly. I may well feature him in the next Chindit Society newsletter.
3966238 Sgt. Kenneth Edwin CRUTE M.M. 1st. Bn. Lancashire Fusilers 1917 Newton Abbot, Devon - 28th September 2007 Exeter, Devon aged 90 He married Laura Jones at Newton Abbot, Devon in 1937