Byram Samuel Gunner 1525789

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Name Byram Samuel
Army number 1525789.
Rank Gunner.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 24/10/1919.
Age (At the time of his death). 75.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 15/1/1940. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to 219th Battery, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. Posted to 332 Anti-Tank Battery, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment on probably 7th July 1943. 332 Battery then re-designated 220 Battery, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. Served Normandy. Posted to Y List. Evacuated to the UK for hospital treatment after wounding. Returned to 220 Battery in Normandy 25/7/1944. Returned to the UK. Demobilised - date not yet known.
Company/Battery 219 Battery, 332 Battery, 220 Battery.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Gunner.
Joined Brigade On the attachment of 55th Anti-Tank Regiment to the Brigade Group.
Promotions Lance Bombardier.
Wounded Yes - wounded in the back by shrapnel in Normandy 17/6/1944. Treated in hospital in the UK.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Died of Cancer 29/1/1995.
Home address Father Tom Byram. Lived Castleford, West Yorkshire.
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