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KINGSMAN Roland Walter 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20865
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- SKR/DAT/IP/20865
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- KINGSMAN Roland Walter 2/Lt
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: KINGSMAN;
Forename(s): Roland Walter;
Initials: RW;
Rank: 2/Lt;
Resided in: Shrewsbury;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 10 Coy;
How killed: KIA;
Where: Belgium;
When killed: 12-Oct-1917;
Other Data: Portrait: Lloyds Bank Memorial Album, p117
War Diary 10th Coy 11/10/1917 reads " The Company remained in support in Candle Trench. Four guns under 2/Lt RW Kingsman moved off to be attached to battalions for forthcoming operations. Two of them were attached to the Household Bn and two to the R Warwks Regt. These two Bns were placed under the command of GOC 12 Bde for the next days operations: 2/Lt Kingsman missing and believed killed".Red Cross Enquiry Card;
Other Notes: KINGSMAN, Second Lieutenant, ROLAND WALTER, 10th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 12th October 1917. Age 21. Son of A. L. Kingsman, of 47, Belle Vue Rd., Shrewsbury, and the late Capt. Walter Kingsman. Enclosure No.4 XII. J. 20. Bedford House Cemetery - Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;
Related National Archives files: WO339/106033;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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