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The grave of Lieutenant K.C. Kiddle, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), San Severo Cathedral, 1943

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, Italy (1943-1945), 1943.

Lieutenant Kenneth Colville Kiddle, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), aged 23, was killed leading a reconnaissance patrol on the outskirts of San Severo on 27 September 1943. Kiddle's scout car was blown up by a German 88 mm gun. The bodies of Kiddle and two other soldiers killed in the action were disinterred by local clergy and lay in state in the Cathedral at San Severo.

From an album containing 246 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-14-221

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-14-221

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