I am researching a man, Sergeant David Gwym STOCK, of the KINGS SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY who died in March 1943 and is buried in Niarobi Cemetry. There is no record of his regiment being in East Africa at this time. Question: Why was he there ?
Impossible to really say without more research, but he could have been seconded to the Kings African Rifles as an instructor or similar. Small numbers of British troops were normally posted to East African units, usually as sergeants incidentally. If he was not a sergeant immediately before his posting, then he was likely to have been made up for East African service.
He was likely seconded from his own regiment to another regiment. There are a number of WW1 and WW2 burials of men who were assigned to one regiment, who died serving with another. They usually get their original regiment on the stone.
Originally posted by philrigger@Mar 3 2005, 08:20 AM I am researching a man, Sergeant David Gwym STOCK, of the KINGS SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY who died in March 1943 and is buried in Niarobi Cemetry. There is no record of his regiment being in East Africa at this time. Question: Why was he there ? [post=31876]Quoted post[/post] You have to remember that there was a campaign against both the germans and Italians in East Africa. Also, kenya was used for both POW camps and for interneed jews.