McCormack Peter Gunner 11007435
Personnel Entry
Name McCormack Peter
Army number 11007435.
Rank Gunner.
Decorations Service Awards - medals were requested by family after his death.
Date of birth Born 23/11/1916 in Easington, County Durham. Mother's maiden surname Gartland.
Age 97 at the time of his death.
Unit Conscripted into the General Staff Corps on 14/4/1942. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Royal Artillery. Posted to a Training Regiment? Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment 25/7/1943. Served in North West Europe? Posted to draft RJJRV on 28/10/1945. Posted to X List (4) India 5/11/1945. Served India. Posted to 8th Field Regiment 12/11/1945. Posted for Release to X List (7) 7/9/1946. Returned to the UK. Discharged under TA Regulations 1936 Para 204 6a. Relegated to the Z(T) Reserve 20/11/1946. Demobilised. Re-enlisted in the Royal Artillery (TA) 31/1/1949 as 22269252,
Company/Battery 474th Mountain Battery.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Gunner.
Joined Brigade Not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death 14/4/2014 in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, aged 97.
Home address Father - William Bernard McCormack (1887 - 1953), mother - Catherine Gartland (1891 - 1933). Married Elsie A. Humphries (1915 - ?). From Battery Association records he was known to live at 64, Tay Street, South Shields, County Durham, at one time, and this was confirmed by his family.
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We are grateful to Gunner McCormack's grandson for information and photographs.
