3966238 Sgt Kenneth Edwin CRUTE MM 1st Lancashire Fusiliers

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  1. Skoyen89

    Skoyen89 Senior Member

    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.
    Crute MM Torquay Times 24 Nov 1944.JPG Crute Kenneth MM Mogaung 25 June 1944 1LF Recommendation.JPG
     

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  2. Skoyen89

    Skoyen89 Senior Member

    It seems that when he was wounded on 1943 he was serving with 10 Lancs Fusiliers.
     

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  3. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    I read his number as 3966238.
    I should only have 7 digits.
    Shows he enlisted into Welch Regiment 3947001 - 4025000
     
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  4. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    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.
     

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  5. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Nothing about him in the war diary sadly. I may well feature him in the next Chindit Society newsletter.
     
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  6. Guy Hudson

    Guy Hudson Looker-upper

    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
     
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