| Surname: | Kernaghan |
| Initials: | T H |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 6977676 |
| Notes: | CMP/RMP. 203 Pro Coy. Enlisted Royal Inniskilling Fusliers, 18/9/1937 he transferred to CMP. Shown on RMP Nominal Roll 12/1952 S/Sgt. Extract from the Ballymena Weekly Telegraph, 11/1/1952. Awarded BEM in Canal Zone. After having been recently evacuated from the Canal Zone by air, Mrs Kernaghan, of Ferry Road, Islandmagee, has received news that her husband, Sergt T H Kernaghan, Royal Military Police, at present stationed in the Canal Zone, has been awarded the British Empire Medal. Sergt Kernaghan joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1934, and also served in the Royal Irish Fusiliers before being transferred to the Royal Military Police. Mrs Kernaghan, who had been with her husband in the Canal Zone for nearly two years, was living in Ismalia in October, when the riots started, and had to barricade herself and her three year old son in the top room of a block of flats while rioting and looting went on all around. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | British Empire Medal (London Gazette: 39421 Page: 28 Jan. 1, 1952) |
| Citation: | Egypt. Citation for BEM: No 6977676 Sjt KERNAGHAN has been in Egypt in 203 Pro Coy RMP since December 1949. The whole of the year 1950 was a very difficult one for the Company, owing to frequent changes of officers and senior NCOs. During the whole of this period Sjt KERNAGHAN's behavious was exemplary and he continued to maintain the highest standard of discipline whether at Company Headquarters or when commanding a section on detachment. During the early months of 1951 the Company was left for two months without a CQMS, Although he was not the senior Sarjeant in the Company Serjeant KERNAGHAN was chosen to fill the post. In spite of having had no previous experience of the job and although the very scattered nature of the Company added to its complicaitons Sarjeant KERNAGHAN carried out the job with every satisfaction until a CQMS could be sent out from home. His devotion to duty and example have been outstanding.Maj R H A Knox OC 203 Pro Coy. National Archive WO 373/159. Name spelt Kermaghan on National Archive sheet. |
| Decoration: | General Service Medal 1918 (London Gazette: Medal Roll WO 100/509 Page: 262 Jan. 24, 1940) |
| Citation: | Clasp: Palestine, 1936- 1939. L/Cpl |