MILITARY SERVICE RECORD & CIVILIAN CAREER

KING, Terence

1952

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date and place of birth: 19 May 1933

Next of kin address: Sutton, Yorkshire

MILITARY SERVICE

Date and place of enlistment: 16 Feb 1949, Hull, Yorkshire

Regimental Number: Restricted

G.S.C. 16 Feb 1949 – 25 Jul 1952: [transferred from 49A, AAS Harrogate, Uniake Barracks to 49B, AAS Arborfield]

Company: ‘C’ ● Squad: 14 ● Trade: Fitter changed to Turner ● Rank: Apprentice Tradesman

Education: Army Certificate of Education Class 2 (wef 3/5 Oct 1949 Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 76 of 1949)

Trade Qualification: Turner Class 3 (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 62 of 1952)

R.E.

Posting: wef 29 Aug 1952: HQ Royal Engineers Depot, Barton Stacey, Hampshire (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 63 of 1952)

Posting: 1952: 37 AER, Osnabrück, BAOR (for Basic RE Training, Field Engineer B3)

Posting: 41 Field Park Squadron, Osnabrück, BAOR

Promotion: Lance Corporal

Posting: Nov 1956-1958: IWT Squadron RE, Tobruk, North Africa

Promotion: Corporal

Posting: 1958-1959: IWT Squadron RE moved to Karalous Camp, Famagusta, Cyprus

Posting: Oct 1959: RE Training Regiment Depot, Cove, Farnborough, Hampshire

Posting: 44 Field Park Squadron RE, Paderborn, BOAR

Posting: 1964: 53 port Squadron RE, Marchwood, Hampshire

Discharge

Date & place: 1972 by purchase

CIVILIAN CAREER

1972 to retirement: After several jobs in Hull, moved to Germany, working in the REME Workshops, Osnabrück.

MARITAL & FAMILY STATUS

Married. Children: son and daughter. Divorced. Married a German girl at Osnabrück, Germany. Grandchildren from first marriage.

IN RETIREMENT

Bremen - 10^th August 2002

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