Simner, Kenneth Nugent

Date of birth:: 1898
Date of death:: December 27th, 1946
Buried on:: Brookwood Military Cemetery
Plot: 34A. Row: D. Grave: 10.
Nationality:: British

Biography

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:: No. 2 Railway Construction and Maintenance Group R.E., HQ Transportation, Transportation Troops, Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army
Awarded on:: December 20th, 1940

"This officer, along with Lt.Col. W.A.T. Pennant, jointly took charge of the Port of Calais as Dock Superintendents and carried on cheerfully and efficiently under both continued air attacks and the direct shell fire."

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Colonel
Unit:: Movement and Transportation GHQ, Middle East Command, British Army
Awarded on:: September 9th, 1942

"Col. Simner has done excellent and constantly hard work, first as Director of Railways and thereafter as Deputy Director Tn. Construction. The rapid construction of the WESTERN DESERT Railway Extension and the excellent progress of the HAIFA-BEIRUT-TRIPOLI and other railway construction have been largely due to his zeal, good organizing and technical ability and to the tireless efforts he has made on pushing on with the construction of these works. I strongly recommend him for an O.B.E."