Ronald Frederick Kensey

1942
4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA 4th Airlanding Anti Tank Battery RA (Lance Bombardier)

Operations

Advance to the Baltic

The airborne soldiers were well suited to exploit the fluid situation that occurred following the collapse of the Rhine barrier defence. Short fierce actions were fought from the tanks of the 4th Tank Battalion of the Grenadier Guards and whatever transport could be purloined.

Event

Ardennes

After the Allied landings in Normandy and subsequent advance through France and Belgium, the German Army had succeeded in stalling the Allied offensive along their line of defence at the German border - the ‘Siegfried Line’.

Event

Far East

The 5th Parachute Brigade was sent to the Far East in preparation for a potential invasion of Japan. However, only the advance elements of the Brigade had reached the Far East prior to the Japanese surrender.

Event

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division for the first time.

Event

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

By late January 1945, the Germans' Ardennes offensive was finally defeated. It had been a costly episode for both sides, but more so for the Germans, who now had to retreat across the Rhine greatly weakened and "in no condition to hold fast even in these positions".

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Lance Bombardier Ronald Frederick Kensey

Service History

Operations

Advance to the Baltic

Ardennes

Far East

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

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Lance Bombardier Ronald Frederick Kensey

Service History

Operations

Advance to the Baltic

Ardennes

Far East

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

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