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Name: KENTISH, Barbara (Serjeant)
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1913 Lewisham
Death Date: 12 Feb 1944 in SS Khedive Ismail sinking near Ceylon
Last Date: 1944
Profession: FANY
Book Reference: CWGC, FANY
War Service: FANY
General Information:
CWGC - East Africa Memorial - Serjeant Barbara Kentish, Mentioned in Despatches, K/200. Women's Territorial Service (East Africa) Women's Transport Service (FANY). Lost in SS Khedive Ismail (London). 12th February 1944. Age 30. Daughter of Edgar and Clara Margaret Kentish, of Kemsing, Kent. Column 75.
FANY - Mention in Despatches - 21 Mar 1942 - L/Cpl B. Kentish
FindaGrave Barbara was the daughter of Edgar Kentish and Clara Margaret Kentish nee Longstaff of Kemsing, Kent.
Parents:
Edgar - Born 16.9.1881 Lee, Kent - Died 21.9.1963 Kent, England (Cremated)
Married on 3.10.1911 to Saint Peter, Lee: Eltham Road, Greenwich to
Clara - Born 12.3.1879 London - Died 29.11.1964 Tunbridge Wells (Cremated)
A Serjeant with the Women's Territorial Service (East Africa). Service Number: K/200.
Secondary Unit, Regiment Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.).
Country of Service United Kingdom.
Awards Mentioned in Dispatches.
Casualty of War: Barbara was onboard "SS Khedive Ismail (London) on 12.2.1944.
Parents:
Edgar - Born 16.9.1881 Lee, Kent - Died 21.9.1963 Kent, England (Cremated)
Married on 3.10.1911 to Saint Peter, Lee: Eltham Road, Greenwich to
Clara - Born 12.3.1879 London - Died 29.11.1964 Tunbridge Wells (Cremated)
A Serjeant with the Women's Territorial Service (East Africa). Service Number: K/200.
Secondary Unit, Regiment Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.).
Country of Service United Kingdom.
Awards Mentioned in Dispatches.
Casualty of War: Barbara was onboard "SS Khedive Ismail (London) on 12.2.1944.