| Surname: | Povey |
| Initials: | L R |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Army Number: | 6349419 |
| Notes: | CMP. 13/6/40 enlisted Royal West Kent Regiment, 25/1/41 transferred to CMP. TC. Extracts from Army Record:- He was born 20/3/20 at Northfleet, Kent, enlisted 13/6/40, he married Dorothy Joan Adsley 29/9/45 at Perry Street, Northfleet, Kent, occupation paper making, residence 12 Hartfield Place, Northfleet, Kent. & 15 Victoria Road, Northfleet, Kent. 17/7/40 posted to 3 Coy (TC), Pembury, 25/1/41 transferred to CMP, 10/6/41 to 4 Coy (TC), 22/2/43 wounded in action, 7/8/43 to 507 Pro Coy, 31/3/46 to 506 Pro Coy. Casualty List 1079/6, North Africa, Wounded, 22/2/1943. 18/6/46 discharged. Served Home 13/6/40 to 8/11/42, North Africa 8/11/42 to 16/6/43, MEF 17/6/43 to 1/5/44, BNAF 2/6/44 to 16/5/46, Home 17/6/46. 13/6/40 he enlisted in to the Royal West Kent Regt. 25/1/41 transferred to CMP, 5/9/46 to class Z (T) reserve. 8/9/48 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star with 1 army clasp, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- 16 Hartfield Place, Northfleet, Kent. Leonard Roy Povey. |