| Surname |
Horsfield |
| Forename |
Kenneth |
| Unit |
2 SAS (3 Squadron) |
| Rank |
Corporal |
| Number |
353119 |
| Date of death |
18th August 1944 |
| Age |
23 |
| Gravesite |
Bari War Cemetery,Italy XI.E.27 |
| Additional information |
parent unit 9 Bn Manchester Regiment
born Hyde,Cheshire
son of John and Annie Horsfield,26 Brook Street,Hyde,Cheshire
husband of Marion (nee Beresford) Horsfield,Gair Street,Flowery Field,
Hyde,Cheshire (later Shelton Lock,Derby)
enlisted 1939
married 12.6.1942 (not 11.8.1944 as in some sources)
brother Alan served as fitter in R.A.F.
joined SAS 1942 in North Africa
award George Cross (posthumous)
demolition area,Bari - mortally injured by explosion while trying to
rescue man injured by earlier explosion |
| Image(s): |
K. Horsfield | 
K. Horsfield | 
K. Horsfield | 
K. Horsfield | 
K. Horsfield (grave) | 
K. Horsfield (left,with brother Alan) |
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