Hubert Stanley Kew

Memorial: Falfield - St George's Church

Regiment: Royal Tank Regiment

Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945

Rank and number: Serjeant 421018

Parents: Henry Fred and Mabel Kew

Home address: Whitfield Gate Farm, Falfield, Gloucestershire

Date of birth: 1916

Place of birth: Gloucestershire

Date of death: 30/10/1942

Buried/Commemorated at: El Alamein War Cemetery (Ref. III. E. 4), Egypt

Age: 26

Further information:

Hubert had an older sister Una May and lived at the New Inn (now the Buthay) Wickwar before moving to Whitfield Gate Farm where his father worked as a dairy farmer.

Hubert served with the 50th Royal Tank Regiment. The battle of El Alamein started at "last light" on the 23rd October, 1942 and Hubert died during the 10 days of intense fighting that followed. It is not known whether he died on the 30th or 31st October. Casualties were extremely heavy on both sides.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
http://www.glosgen.co.uk/warmem/falfieldwm.htm
http://www.falfield.org.uk/kew.html
http://www.1rtr.net/1955%20Handbook%20RTR.html