Kenneth Albert Harding
Memorial: Warmley - Memorial Gardens - Stanley Road
Regiment: Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Corporal 5342935
Parents: Albert Samuel and Beatrice Harding
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home address: 52 High Street, Warmley, Bristol, Lived: Bruton, Somerset
Date of birth: 01/05/1915
Place of birth: Bristol
Date of death: 08/07/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Initially buried in Beuville, France he was transferred to La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres, Calvados and he is commemorated on Warmley War Memorial
Age: 29
Further information:
Kenneth served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment and was Killed in Action on 8 July 1944. The 2nd Battalion landed on Queen beach, a sub-division of Sword on 6th June 1944. The 1/7th Battalion joined them on the 29th June and both took part in the fighting around Caen. The first engagement for the 1/7th was on the 8th July to capture the village of St Contest. It was a hard-fought battle as they were up against the first-rate 25th SS Panzer Grenadiers. Even so by 6.30pm they had reached their objective having lost 26 men, amongst these was Kenneth, and a further 96 were wounded. By the end of August, the Allies had secured Normandy and the Germans were retreating.
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.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/69/a2618769.shtml