Basic Details
Surname
Greenwood
Forenames
Dent Kershaw
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
Second World War (1939-1945)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married with 2 children, was a member of the Old Town Cricket Club and both ran his own nursery as well as working as a gardener for a Miss Hoyle. He was killed in Middle East and, according to the CWGC, was killed on the 9th of July and is also commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Royal Tank Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Trooper
Death and Burial details
Country of death
not stated on memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1942
Month of death
July
Day of death
9
Age at death
37
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action