Rushden Research Group: Kenneth R Ekins 1944

Sergeant Kenneth Roy Ekins

5884365 61st Regiment Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.

Son of Percival & Lottie Ekins
Husband of Madge Ekins

Aged 20 years

Died 20th June 1944

Commemorated at Bayeux War Cemetery,Calvados, France
Grave II. B.3.

Evening Telegraph, 18th July 1944, transcribed by Kay Collins

Rushden Soldier Believed Killed

Sergt. Ekins Sergt. Kenneth Roy Ekins, of the R.E.C.C.E., youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Ekins, of 2, Blinco-road, Rushden, is reported “missing, believed killed” in Normandy.

The news was received last Thursday by his wife at Grimsby. Sergt. Ekins is 23 years of age, and was called up with the Territorials at the beginning of the war. Formerly he worked for Bignells Ltd., in Park-road. On March 8th he was married at Rushden to Miss Madge Spencer, who is a nurse at a Grimsby hospital.

His two brothers are in the Army – Colour Sergt. G. D. Ekins, Northamptonshire Regt, returned to this country on “D-Day” after 6½ years’ service in India. The other is in the Army Catering Corps.

The Rushden Echo and Argus, 1^st September, 1944, transcribed by Gill Hollis

Killed In Normandy - Rushden Sergeant’s Death Now Confirmed

Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Ekins, of 2, Blinco-road, Rushden, whose son, Sergt. Kenneth Roy Ekins, of a R.E.C.C.E. regiment, was reported in July last to be “missing, believed killed,” in Normandy, on Tuesday received definite news of his death.

Sergt. Ekins was 23 years of age and was called up from the Territorials at the beginning of the war. He was employed by Bignells, Ltd., in Park-road. On March 6^th he was married at Rushden to Miss Madge Spencer, who is a nurse at a Grimsby hospital. His two brothers are in the Army.

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