| Notes: | CMP. POW. He was born in Yorkshire and resided in Darlington. Died At Sea. War Diary WO 169/6654, 115 Pro Coy, 22/7/1942, List of missing after operations in Western Desert: No. 7691214 L/Cpl Kinchin M. He was captured in North Africa 6/1942. Unit War Diary WO 169/6654 115 Pro Coy. He was being transported to Italy in an Italian ship the SS Scillin with 810 other prisoners when the ship was attacked by the British Submarine HMS Sahib, 15 miles off Cap Bon, Tunisia. 5 other CMP died in this incident with him Dodds, Grimley, Mccarthy, Mellowes and Murphy. He is named on the Richmond, Yorkshire town war memorial. Casualty List 811, Middle East, Missing, date not reported. Casualty List 1335, previously reported POW in Italian hands now reported missing, previous List 1000, Middle East. Casualty List 1373, Middle East, previously reported missing, date not reported, now presumed Died whilst POW in Italian hands, previous List 1335, 26/10 - 14/11/1942.
Moses Edward Kinchin |
GERMANY 
