Alec Bruce WHALE

1922 - 1987  (65 years)

• Name	Alec Bruce WHALE
  Birth	2 Jun 1922	Truro RD   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	0B5A0C9A551840F7BFA30DD4E273BC0306DE
  Death	25 Dec 1987	Truro RD   [2]
  Notes	The following is taken from http://www.auction-net.co.uk which records the sale by auction in 2014 by Spinks of a collection of Alec's medals: Major Alec Bruce Whale, (1922-87), born Cornwall; Commission Second Lieutenant, Leicestershire Regiment on 31.5.1941 and served during the Second World War in Burma; transferred to the King's African Rifles and served with the 6th Tanganyika Rifles Battalion, K.A.R. during the Burma campaign; promoted Lieutenant, 2.12.1944; after the end of the War transferred to the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, and served with the Regiment in Germany and in Somaliland; promoted Captain, 2.6.1949; served on attachment with the Kings African Rifles (7th Kenya Rifles Battalion) during the 'Mau Mau' rebellion in Kenya, and later with a K.A.R. battalion in Mauritius; promoted Major, 2.6.1956; retired, 30.11.1961. The medals auctoned are detailed as: 1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Africa General Service 1902-56, E.II.R., one clasp, Kenya (Capt A.B. Whale KAR.); General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Arabian Peninsula (Major A B Whale SCLI), good very fine, last scarce to unit (6) £500-600. The following obituary appears on the website of The Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry: Maj. Alec Bruce Whale - died 25th. December 1987, aged 65yrs. Prior to the commencement of WW2 he was due to go to Durham University, the war intervened however and he found himself in training with the 10th. Devons. He was then commissioned into the KAR. serving in Burma with the 1/6th. Tanganyka Rifles. Immediately after the war he transferred to the DCLI and was posted to 5 DCLI in Germany. He was later posted to 1 DCLI in British Somaliland. There followed another long period of secondment with the 7th. Kenya Rifles and the 6th.Tanganyka Rifles in Nairobi and Mauritius. He was posted to 1 SCLI in Osnabruck shortly before the Bn. returned to the UK. and based at Seaton Barracks, Plymouth. He was for a short period of time the OC. C Coy. He retired within a few month's of the Bn. returning to the UK.
  Person ID	I1921	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2020

  
  

  Family	Dixine Sylvia PENNA,   b. 24 Apr 1921, Redruth RD d. Aug 1994, Penzance RD (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1945	Redruth RD   [3]
  Children	1. John Bruce WHALE,   b. Mar 1947, Redruth RD d. 28 Jul 2018, Launceston, Cornwall (Age ~ 71 years)   2. Robin A P WHALE
  Family ID	F659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] BMD index, Q3 1922 Truro 5c/183. (Reliability: 3). [S36] BMD index, Dec 1987 Truro 21/615. (Reliability: 3). [S36] BMD index, Q4 1945 Redruth 5c/468. (Reliability: 3).