Holloway Edmund Gunner 4862701
Personnel Entry
Name Holloway Edmund
Army number 4862701
Rank Gunner
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Not yet ascertained.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Leicestershire Regiment 7/6/1940. Underwent Basic Training. Transferred to the Royal Artillery 28/12/1942 and posted to the 185th Field Regiment. Posted to Regimental Home Details 25/8/1943. Posting cancelled by Part 2 Order. Posted to Home Details 30/12/1943. Returned to the War Establishment of the 185th Field Regiment 8/6/1944. Served North West Europe. Posted to Number 46 Reinforcement Holding Unit 10/12/1944. Returned to the UK. Posted to the RA Depot 13/12/1944. ERE 10/45 30/1/1945. Posted to the 175th Field Regiment 15/3/1945. Posted to the 120th Field Regiment 3/4/1945. Posted back to the 175th Field Regiment 25/4/1945. Under Part 2 Order No.2. posted to ASTU 17/5/1945. Posted to 48 Infantry (Reserve) Divisional Employment Pool 9/6/1945. Posted Y List 18/11/1945. Discharged under 1940 King's Regulations Para 390 (xvi) 19/1/1946. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address No family information yet.
Source table
Many of the Royal Artillery personnel pages have benefited from information drawn from the 1939-1945 RA Tracer Cards made available via Ancestry.co.uk
