PARAS Pope, Andrew Alec Kyrle

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pope ​

• FORENAME

Andrew Alec Kyrle ​

• UNIT

HQ 3 Parachute Brigade (DAAQMG) (King's Shropshire Light Infantry,attached) ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

77672 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th June 1944 ​

• AGE

25 ​

• GRAVESITE

St Vaast-en-Auge Churchyard,France Grave 1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 19.6.1918 Pembrokeshire​

resided Sussex​

son of Cdr Rowland Kyrle Cecil,RN and Agnes Jessie Pope,Much Marcle,Herefordshire​

commission,Territorial Army 25.8.1938​

posted 2 Bn KSLI​

1 Bn KSLI 23.12.1938​

Regular Army 2.9.1939​

WIA 21.5.1940 France​

Infantry Training Centre,KSLI 26.5.1940​

Lieutenant 1.1.1941​

1 Bn KSLI 16.1.1941​

30 (Surrey) Searchlight Regiment,R.A. 16.2.1941​

HQ 3rd Infantry Brigade 17.5.1941​

Ordnance Field Park,R.A.O.C. 23.5.1941​

GSO III,HQ 1st Division 7.7.1941​

A/Captain 4.10.1941​

T/Captain​

GSO III,HQ Airborne Division 2.10.1942​

A/Major 18.1.1943​

Captain and T/Major 18.4.1943​

Brigade Major,HQ 3rd Parachute Brigade 21.5.1943​

Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General,HQ 3 Parachute Brigade 21.2.1944​

award Mention in Despatches​

KIA Normandy​

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