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|Army number=1137005
 
|Army number=1137005
 
|Rank=Gunner
 
|Rank=Gunner
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
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|Decorations=Service Awards - 1939-45 Star.  Defence Medal.  1939-45 War Medal.  France and Germany Star.  Awarded French Legion d' Honneur by the French Government 2015.
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
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|Date of birth=13/1/1923.
|Age=
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|Age=Currently 98.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 22/1/1942 and underwent Basic Training.  Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment.  Service completed 23/2/1947.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 22/1/1942 and underwent Basic Training.  Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment.  Served Normandy.  Posted overseas 1945.  Served India.  Posted to 100th Anti-Tank Regiment in 1946.  Discharged to Z Reserve.  Demobilised 23/2/1947.  Discharged from Z Reserve 1953.
 
|Company/Battery=219 Battery.  Regimental HQ.
 
|Company/Battery=219 Battery.  Regimental HQ.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=I Troop in 219 Battery.
|Task or role=HQ Despatch Rider.
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|Task or role=HQ Despatch Rider.  Pay Clerk Bombardier.  RHQ Duty Sergeant in 100th Anti-Tank Regiment.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
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|Joined Brigade=1942.
|Promotions=Record of Service shows him as P/A/Sergeant on completion of service.
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|Promotions=Bombardier.  Record of Service shows him as P/A/Sergeant on completion of his service.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
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|Wounded=No.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
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|Prisoner of War=No.
 
|Died/Killed in action=Surviving Veteran as at August 2020.
 
|Died/Killed in action=Surviving Veteran as at August 2020.
|Home address=No family information yet.  
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|Home address=London 1923 - 1988.  Edinburgh 1988 - present.  Roundsman on enlisting.  
 
|Image Name=2017_Image.jpg
 
|Image Name=2017_Image.jpg
 
|Image Title=Sergeant Anthony Delahoy, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.
 
|Image Title=Sergeant Anthony Delahoy, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.
 
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The image below shoes Anthony Delahoy at the age of 21.
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The image below shoes Anthony Delahoy at the age of 21 in Turnhout, Belgium.
  
 
[[File:Anthony_Delahoy_55th_Anti-Tank_Regiment.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Gunner Delahoy]]
 
[[File:Anthony_Delahoy_55th_Anti-Tank_Regiment.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Gunner Delahoy]]
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The following image shows him some years later in India.
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[[File:Sgt_Delahoy_India_1945.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Sergeant Delahoy]]

Latest revision as of 16:04, 21 January 2021

Personnel Entry

Sergeant Anthony Delahoy, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Sergeant Anthony Delahoy, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.

Name Delahoy Anthony
Army number 1137005
Rank Gunner
Decorations Service Awards - 1939-45 Star. Defence Medal. 1939-45 War Medal. France and Germany Star. Awarded French Legion d' Honneur by the French Government 2015.
Date of birth 13/1/1923.
Age Currently 98.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 22/1/1942 and underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. Served Normandy. Posted overseas 1945. Served India. Posted to 100th Anti-Tank Regiment in 1946. Discharged to Z Reserve. Demobilised 23/2/1947. Discharged from Z Reserve 1953.
Company/Battery 219 Battery. Regimental HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit I Troop in 219 Battery.
Task or role HQ Despatch Rider. Pay Clerk Bombardier. RHQ Duty Sergeant in 100th Anti-Tank Regiment.
Joined Brigade 1942.
Promotions Bombardier. Record of Service shows him as P/A/Sergeant on completion of his service.
Wounded No.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Surviving Veteran as at August 2020.
Home address London 1923 - 1988. Edinburgh 1988 - present. Roundsman on enlisting.
Source table

The image below shoes Anthony Delahoy at the age of 21 in Turnhout, Belgium.

Gunner Delahoy

The following image shows him some years later in India.

Sergeant Delahoy