125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

Introduction and background

For a short history of the Regiment readers are referred to the War Memorials dedicated to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment (which the Field Regiment became as is described in the War Diary) which can be found on the North East War Memorials Website at references S140.006, S140.140 and S140.147. The names listed in these Memorial files are being incorporated into the Manpower list below.

The period for which the War Diary is documented here covers that part of the Second World War when the Regiment was associated with 70th Infantry Brigade and concludes at the time - June 1940 - when the Brigade became Independent and was stationed in the far South-West of the UK.

The Field Regiment went on to other duties and, as mentioned, was converted to an Anti-Tank Regiment and was sent to the Far East. Readers wishing to study that period of the Regiment's existence are recommended to consult the Far East Prisoners of War resources on the Internet. and the material held by the Royal Artillery Museum.

Almost 200 members of the Regiment died as Prisoners of War in Japanese hands in the three and a half years following their capture at Singapore, where they served as Infantry - their guns and equipment having been lost when their troop transport was attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft just short of Singapore.

Links are included from this page to the Commonwealth War Graves Website pages covering the relevant Cemeteries in the Far East - some of which were visited by the lead researcher and his wife on a trip to Thailand some years ago. Where men were lost at sea, or have no known grave, details will be included as appropriate on their personal pages. Those men who survived the Japanese Prison Camps and returned home will be identified, again, on their personal pages from the list below.

It is hoped that our attempt to include all the names from the Regimental Memorials, and combine those with the material extracted from the War Diaries, represents a suitably respectful presentation, and indeed further Memorial, to the names of those who served and died with the Regiment.

War Diary

125th Field Regiment, War Diary 1939

125th Field Regiment, War Diary 1940

Personnel Records for 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.

Adey J Bombardier 923029
Ainsley J W Gunner 917049
Aird A Gunner 913431
Aird J L Driver i/c
Akien J Gunner 916770
Alcock G Gunner
Alderton E A Gunner 1094125
Allan C F Sergeant 916815
Allan F Gunner 901935
Allen E R Gunner 910871
Allen G Gunner 913661
Allen W Gunner 917050
Allman W J Gunner 1572544
Anderson W Gunner 929139
Annis G O Gunner 1104610
Archibald J Bombardier 918467
Armstrong F Gunner 925604
Arnold W Gunner 902434
Ashton D H Gunner 944586
Askew J Gunner 913360
Atkinson A E Gunner 907781
Atkinson J Gunner 921572
Bailes R Gunner 915156
Bailey F Gunner 1094132
Bannaghan G Gunner 1568658
Bannier S E Gunner 1094134
Barbour D 2nd Lieutenant
Barker C F Gunner 1573943
Barker J C Sergeant
Barker L Gunner 922198
Barker W C H Sergeant 5880970
Barnes L R Lance Sergeant 920860
Barras R H Gunner 908999
Barton J B Gunner 919811
Barton R Gunner 921309
Basco L Gunner 1558132
Baxter D Lance-Bombardier 918463
Bays B H Gunner 883850
Beattie J W Gunner 900739
Beattie R A Lance Sergeant 901934
Beddowarth A R Gunner 1558134
Bedford A Bombardier 947637
Bell G 2nd Lieutenant
Bell G A Gunner 854306
Bell T Gunner 908995
Bell T A Gunner 946517
Bennett G Gunner 820280
Binyon G Gunner 902508
Blakeman L Gunner 911876
Blyth J Gunner 911861
Bogie J W Gunner 924811
Bowden S Lance Bombardier 920785
Bowman Bombardier 923047
Boylen P Bombardier 913852
Bradley J Gunner 923095
Braley H Driver i/c
Brass F Driver
Brazier B S 2nd Lieutenant
Brennan B Gunner 923104
Brennan G Gunner 4450228
Briton R Gunner 4446589
Brodie J R Gunner
Brooke C W Gunner 911862
Brooke T F Gunner 910460
Brooks T F Gunner 918460
Browell E D Lance Bombardier 923112
Browell G G WOIII
Brown T J Gunner 923016
Buckley Lieutenant
Bull L Gunner 1493653
Burnett H Sergeant 1669958
Burnett J R Lance-Bombardier 923019
Burnikell N Lance Sergeant 917077
Butler E Gunner 902482
Calvert C Gunner 885412
Cameron J A Bombardier 902443
Cameron J T R Gunner
Carling F Gunner 900724
Carlisle E G Gunner 912484
Carney C W Gunner 910830
Carney G Lance Bombardier 913857
Carney J J Gunner
Carney J W Gunner 917139
Carson J Gunner 912535
Carter W W 2nd Lieutenant
Chalk M Gunner 922197
Chambers R Gunner 917864
Chandler J H Gunner 1107565
Chapman E P Gunner 923048
Charlton G R Gunner 883512
Charman R R 2nd Lieutenant
Chatt H Bombardier 916825
Chesney E WO II 752352
Chilley R R Gunner 883608
Chisholm W Gunner 917741
Clamp L Gunner 944383
Clingley E Bombardier 923045
Clubb E V Gunner 1107568
Coates G W Gunner 944338
Coates R W Gunner 913434
Cockburn J S Sergeant 4444437
Cockerill A Gunner 917079
Coleman M Gunner 915139
Collins G Gunner 912486
Conlon W W Gunner 923046
Connelly J Gunner 741994
Connolly J Gunner 916778
Constantine E C Lance Bombardier 918145
Conway J Gunner 909631
Cook R W Gunner 917074
Coulson J Gunner 5880255
Cowell G H Gunner 1114303
Cowling M F Gunner 913400
Crabb R J Gunner 1094180
Cranmer A Gunner 923089
Cranmer C W Gunner 918464
Cranmer F Gunner 925953
Crawford E W Sergeant 915168
Crawford J J Gunner 907138
Creal E H Lieutenant
Crosby S Gunner 919799
Crossley A Gunner 919808
Cummin J Gunner 914828
Cummin M Gunner 909461
Cummings J Gunner 914828
Cunningham T Gunner 4448022
Curry H Gunner 918185
Cutter A Gunner 925608
Daglish J G Gunner
Dagnall J Gunner 946533
Darke F E Gunner 871274
Davidson D Gunner 857889
Davidson J Gunner 912018
Davis D Lance-Bombardier 917869
Davis T Gunner 918696
Davison J B Sergeant 917876
Deacon S Gunner 895227
Dean J Lieutenant Colonel
Dempsey J T Gunner 947523
Denby A Gunner 1107917
Denton T P Lance Sergeant 902417
Devine E Gunner 871163
Devlin J Gunner 918184
Dickinson Gunner 925790
Ditchburn J WO III 917067
Dobinson J Sergeant 901973
Dodds F 2nd Lieutenant
Dodds W Gunner 877762
Dodshon T G Gunner 915169
Dodsworth T Gunner 4443257
Donkin F Gunner 925899
Donkin J Sergeant 4441884
Donkin T 2nd Lieutenant
Duell A E Bombardier 910274
Duff V I Gunner 917433
Duffy M Lance-Sergeant 916821
Duncan T F Gunner 890426
Edge E V Lance Sergeant 916819
Edmondson H Gunner 921312
Edwards H Gunner 1114392
Elliott A S Gunner 906272
Elliott R C Gunner 902511
Elliott R D Gunner 911613
Errington R Gunner 910847
Faircloth S Gunner 924341
Fiske C A Gunner 891047
Flook O F Battery Sergeant Major
Ford W Gunner 924344
Forster Gunner 4450089
Forster R M Gunner 917879
French J G Gunner 916785
French R Lance Bombardier 916787
French T E 2nd Lieutenant
Garbutt T W Gunner 944384
Garner G H Gunner 912476
Gash R H Gunner 923094
Geldart P Bombardier 919804
Gibson L Lance-Bombardier 919805
Gibson W H M Gunner 915153
Gilbertson C Gunner 925119
Glendenning F Gunner (Boy) 924340
Godley E Gunner 946554
Golightly J Gunner 914456
Goodfellow S P Gunner 923103
Goodyear M 2nd Lieutenant
Gray L Lance Bombardier 4445254
Grecian T Bombardier 920250
Greenwell W Mc B Acting Captain
Grierson N Bombardier 901974
Guiney-Walsh M L 2nd Lieutenant
Hall D Gunner 919803
Hall F Gunner 946535
Hall H Gunner 944381
Halligan W Gunner 1439311
Hardesty E Gunner 1460372
Hardy A F Gunner 918615
Harper T W H Gunner 925773
Harrison E A Bombardier 901952
Harrison L Bombardier 785830
Harvard J P de J Acting Captain
Harvey E W Gunner 921594
Hay E H Gunner 862644
Heath T A Gunner 923015
Hedley N Gunner 883670
Hedley Y M Gunner 907132
Henderson A Gunner 898930
Henderson E H Gunner 917073
Henderson E H Gunner 917683
Hendry W Gunner 911887
Herron J Gunner 922341
Hetherington T A Sergeant 919822
Hewitt G Gunner 4436709
Hiles Lance Sergeant
Hill H C Gunner 947643
Hill R J B Gunner 923091
Hodgson J W Gunner 917057
Holmes F Gunner 944938
Hood J W M Gunner 916818
Hooks D Gunner 913663
Hope E P Gunner 918162
Hossack J Gunner
Hubbard R W Driver i/c
Hunter K B Bombardier 910872
Hutton W Gunner 946557
Inch J D Gunner 924812
Jacobs R F Regimental Sergeant Major
Jameson A Gunner
Jeffrey W P P Lance-Bombardier 755836
Johnson L Gunner
Jones M N 2nd Lieutenant
Joyner A Gunner 882696
Judson A Lance-Sergeant 4451057
Keehner J Gunner 910840
Kelly Captain RAMC
Kennedy S Gunner 902303
Keys F 2nd Lieutenant
King S Gunner 867061
Kirtley C D W Gunner 1661848
Kirtley E W Battery Quarter Master Sergeant
Laidlaw F Gunner 922293
Langley J Gunner 916822
Langley W Gunner 914457
Lawrence J H Gunner 925778
Laws D 2nd Lieutenant
Laybourne C C Gunner 4451094
Lea H E Gunner 917826
Leary F Gunner 958079
Lee S J Sergeant 921626
Lewis S W Gunner 901979
Lindsay T Gunner 909464
Lindsey J Gunner 4259043
Little T J Bombardier 910845
Lockwood S Gunner 947649
Mackenzie M Captain
MacNaught H W W 2nd Lieutenant
Macready Gunner 917875
Maguire J J Gunner 1427132
Marlborough J J Gunner 902353
Marr G Gunner 913850
Marrin R Gunner 919813
Marsden W Gunner 902418
Martin A D Captain
Martin W S Major
McCarty J Gunner 909477
McDonald C R C Gunner 909471
McGahan Gunner 946958
McGlenning J Gunner 1042983
McKenzie G Gunner 923109
McQueen A H 2nd Lieutenant
Mead A E Gunner 920248
Meins S Gunner 908035
Milburn S W Major
Mincovitch M H Lance-Sergeant 913663
Mitchell H W Sergeant 1937253
Million J W T Gunner 6013358
Mills T Gunner 879045
Morgan W L Sergeant 923106
Moor G C 2nd Lieutenant
Moore F H Gunner 911609
Morrison J T Sergeant 4260436
Morton C Gunner 891660
Mustard D S Bombardier 914953
Mustard K Gunner 915167
Nelson T M Gunner 907130
Newman G J J Gunner 6968867
Nicholson A Gunner 922300
Nixon E Gunner 918738
Nixon T S M Gunner 912382
Norman W Gunner
Oakley J Bombardier 922303
O'Connor G J Lieutenant
Old A Sergeant 921570
Old T Lance-Bombardier 901491
O'Mahoney J Reverend
Oughton J G Gunner 916824
Overy M H Gunner 925041
Owen C Gunner 947527
Oxlade N Gunner 922292
Page A Gunner 912446
Paice L Gunner 1438914
Paine F A Sergeant 918192
Patrick R D Gunner 912506
Patton K F Lieutenant
Patton R Gunner 905714
Peacock R Gunner 902306
Pearlman P Lance-Sergeant 912840
Pearson H Gunner 918194
Pearson J W Lance-Sergeant 916827
Pennal E C Gunner 4450331
Peverley W Gunner 900725
Phillips H Gunner 901973
Phorson W 2nd Lieutenant
Picken T W Battery Sergeant Major
Potts D G Gunner 900723
Pratt T V Gunner 915154
Prestige G W 2nd Lieutenant
Pritchard J Gunner 913774
Proctor J E Gunner 918749
Procter S Gunner 913851
Purvis R Gunner 918750
Raine F Gunner
Raine W T Gunner
Randall N W Lance Bombardier 857299
Reay S Gunner 4450894
Reeves G D Gunner 900720
Rich R H 2nd Lieutenant
Riddell G W Gunner
Ridley S 2nd Lieutenant
Ridley W C Gunner 917075
Roberts C W H Sergeant 4442217
Robinson J Bombardier 911889
Robson H S Gunner 914829
Robson R Gunner 899230
Rogan E Gunner 870093
Ross E S Sergeant 923087
Routledge W R Bombardier 913440
Rowan G Gunner 912532
Samuel F Gunner 902351
Scales A J Gunner 915184
Scott A R Gunner
Scott J H S Lance-Bombardier 900758
Seales G R Gunner 875911
Shaw T Battery Quarter Master Sergeant
Sheridan J RQMS
Shilling H Gunner 885298
Sidney J Bombardier 900727
Sidney W Bombardier 900729
Sim W Gunner 801381
Simpson N Gunner 905713
Slater G R Gunner 912501
Slater R S Gunner 882028
Small G W Gunner 883665
Smith C Gunner 2649783
Smith C Sergeant 2649785
Smith D C Gunner 914826
Smith J B Gunner 923054
Smith J G Gunner 918187
Smith S G Gunner 925146
Smith T Gunner 924014
Smith W Gunner 923044
Sowter J W Y Gunner 923043
Spicer J G E Gunner 885289
Spotswood F G Gunner
Spours J M Gunner 906511
Stenhouse Adam Battery Sergeant Major 1024589
Stephenson D Gunner 890408
Stephenson E Gunner 923040
Stephenson G H Gunner 918186
Stephenson R Gunner 4450286
Stridiron C H Sergeant 758704
Sykes G Gunner 947648
Talbot W Gunner 1438992
Taylor H Gunner 944585
Taylor N D Lance Sergeant 909466
Telford E Lance-Bombardier 922206
Tennick G L Gunner
Thomas M A Gunner 1438633
Thompson A Gunner 910257
Thompson R WO III 4438377
Thompson W Gunner 913439
Thoms R Gunner 958668
Timney A E Bombardier 912481
Tuddenham T Gunner 919806
Turnbull Sergeant 810449
Tweddle T Gunner 883187
Waine N Gunner 900753
Walden N Gunner 908106
Walker G Gunner 919821
Wallace Sergeant 910233
Ward R Gunner
Watson J I 2nd Lieutenant
Watson J J Gunner 891052
Watson N Gunner 907789
Watson W H Gunner 922338
Webster T Gunner 900722
Weeks L M Lieutenant Colonel RAMC
Weir F D Gunner 4448145
White A M Gunner 901475
White R H Driver
Whitfield R Gunner 900721
Wigham G T Gunner 912468
Wigham R K Gunner 917886
Wilkin G L Gunner 898935
Wilson H Gunner 867585
Wilson J W 2nd Lieutenant
Wilson R B 2nd Lieutenant
Wilson R B Lance-Bombardier 917078
Winn N Gunner 922304
Winter W H Gunner 883668
Wright A Gunner 914923
Wright S J Gunner 885390
Wright W Gunner
Wright W H Gunner 914923
Wylde R E Troop Sergeant Major 917882
Wylie Major
Youll W H Gunner 922295
Young E Gunner 885449
Young W Gunner 923105

Information on those Commonwealth War Graves Cemeteries which are the final resting place for many of the men listed above can be found by clicking on the links below.

Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand

Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand

Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma

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