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2nd Lieutenant Dudley Henry Philip West

2nd Lieutenant Dudley Henry Philip West with 4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment from 1st August 1937. Transferred with Battalion to 56th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery TA 1938. Was killed in action whilst serving with 56th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery 22nd May 1940.  Buried in Lille Southern Cemetery.

1939-45 Star and War Medal with Mentioned in Despatches Oak Leaf
Accession Number: KO3106/01-03

Sports medal, un-named, King’s Own Royal Regiment
Accession Number: KO3106/04

Certificate issued with medals awarded to 2nd Lieutenant Dudley Henry Philip West, 56th Anti-tank Regiment, RA, TA, King’s Own
Accession Number: KO3106/05

Grave of 2nd Lieutenant Dudley Henry Philip West, 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, killed in action on 22 May 1940, Lille Southern Cemetery, France, photographed in 1945.
Accession Number: KO3106/06

Grave of 2nd Lieutenant Dudley Henry Philip West, 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, killed in action on 22 May 1940, Lille Southern Cemetery, France, photographed in 1945.
Accession Number: KO3106/14

Letter to Mrs D H P West (widow) from The War Office, dated 26 Sep 1945, with the photograph of the grave of Lieutenant D H P West.
Accession Number: KO3106/07

2nd Lieutenant Dudley Henry Philip West, 4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment and later 56th Anti-Tank Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3106/08a

2nd Lieutenant Dudley Henry Philip West, 4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment and later 56th Anti-Tank Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3106/08b

Dudley Henry Philip West, photograph dated Jun 1934
Accession Number: KO3106/09

Mentioned in Despatches Certificate to Lieutenant Dudley Henry Philip West, 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA King’s Own, for mention published in the London Gazette of 20 Dec 1940.
Accession Number: KO3106/10

Item mounted on page removed from album:
Memorial card for 2nd Lieutenant Dudley Henry Philip West, 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Born 8 Nov 1909. Killed in action 28 May 1940 during the retreat to Dunkirk. The actual date was 22 May 1940.
Accession Number: KO3106/11

Item mounted on page removed from album:
Extract from Roll of Honour: 2nd Lieutenant West, “Admitted to Studentship on 9 Nov 1931, and transferred to Graduateship on 23 Sep 1935; awarded ‘Modern Transport’ Premium, 1937. Mr West had served with the East Indian Railway from 1927 to 1933 in which year he joined the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
Accession Number: KO3106/12

Item mounted on page removed from album:
Newspaper cutting ‘Killed in Action West – On 26 May 1940...” The actual date was 22 May 1940.
Accession Number: KO3106/13

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