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Chaplain Ernest Wilfrid Ketley MID

British Army 2nd Btn. East Surrey Regiment

from:Morden, Surrey

Ernest Wilfred Ketley was one of the last and one of the oldest to be evacuated from Dunkirk (he was 53 in 1940).

He was referred to in a book (not by name) as a Padre who was carrying 4 rifles who went up and down the queue at Dunkirk comforting and reassuring the soldiers who were all waiting to be rescued. The time and place tallied and he was the only Chaplain in that area so it must have been him. He was mentioned in dispatches for his courage and actions at that time.

He was subsequently promoted to Staff Chaplain at Southern Command, stationed in Andover, for the remainder of the war.



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