LANE Kenneth Charles

  • First Name(s):
    Kenneth 
    Charles 
  • Surname:
    LANE
  • Service Number:
    5252113
  • Rank:

    Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
  • Battalion:
    5th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    11th September 1943
  • Age At Death:
    34
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Salerno War Cemetery, Italy, Grave III. F. 34.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mr and Mrs F. Lane; husband of Elsie Winifred Lane, of Eastnor, Herefordshire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

LANE Kenneth Charles Is Named On These Memorials

Hanley Castle Grammar School now Hanley Castle High School WW2 Memorial

Further Information About LANE Kenneth Charles

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

The birth of Kenneth Charles Lane is registered in the June quarter 1909 under the Upton Registration District.  The marriage of Kenneth C. Lane to Elsie W. Pearce is registered in the December quarter 1931 under the Ledbury Registration District.

1911 Census
Longdon, Tewkesbury
Frederick George Lane, head, age 41, farmer
Emily Gertrude Lane, wife, married 12 years, 6 children, all still living
Seymour Roberts Lane, son, age 11, School
Dorothy Gwynne Lane, daughter, age 9
George Clifford Law, son, age 7
Winifred Mary Law, daughter, age 6
Ronald Frederick William Law, son, age 5
Kenneth Charles Law, son, age 2

A letter from E.F.F. Hill, The Vicarage, Holly Bush, Ledbury, Herefordshire, dated 9th May 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Sergeant Kenneth Charles Lane, Sherwood Foresters (transferred from Worcestershire Regiment), be added to the county roll of honour.

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