Difference between revisions of "Salmon Albert George Sergeant 1444999"
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|Rank=Sergeant. | |Rank=Sergeant. | ||
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | ||
| − | |Date of birth= | + | |Date of birth=Born 1916 in Suffolk. |
|Age=28 at the time of his death. | |Age=28 at the time of his death. | ||
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. Served Normandy. Died of wounds 30/6/1944. | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 55th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment. Served Normandy. Died of wounds 30/6/1944. |
|Company/Battery=Not yet known. | |Company/Battery=Not yet known. | ||
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | ||
| − | |Task or role=Details awaited. | + | |Task or role=Details awaited, possibly Troop Sergeant. |
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known. | |Joined Brigade=Not yet known. | ||
|Promotions=None known beyond Sergeant. | |Promotions=None known beyond Sergeant. | ||
|Wounded=Yes - Normandy - exact date not yet known. | |Wounded=Yes - Normandy - exact date not yet known. | ||
|Prisoner of War=No. | |Prisoner of War=No. | ||
| − | |Died/Killed in action=DIED of WOUNDS 30/6/1944. Initially interred at Ryes, Map 1/50,000, MR 7E/5 Reference 864.823. Re-buried 8/11/1944 in Plot III, Row G, Grave 5 Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville. Headstone inscription reads LOVED IN LIFE, TREASURED IN DEATH, BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES, ARE ALL WE HAVE LEFT. | + | |Died/Killed in action=DIED of WOUNDS 30/6/1944. Initially interred at Ryes, Map 1/50,000, MR 7E/5 Reference 864.823. Re-buried 8/11/1944 in Plot III, Row G, Grave 5 in Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville. Headstone inscription reads LOVED IN LIFE, TREASURED IN DEATH, BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES, ARE ALL WE HAVE LEFT. |
| − | |Home address=Son of Wilfred John and Ella Phoebe Salmon. | + | |Home address=Son of Wilfred John and Ella Phoebe Salmon (nee Dodson). Married Ivy Ella Middleditch at Bury St Edmunds in 1939. Lived at Bardwell, Suffolk. |
|Image Name=Sgt_Salmon_CWGC_Headstone.jpg | |Image Name=Sgt_Salmon_CWGC_Headstone.jpg | ||
|Image Title=CWGC Headstone. | |Image Title=CWGC Headstone. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:10, 8 October 2023
Personnel Entry
Name Salmon Albert George
Army number 1444999
Rank Sergeant.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1916 in Suffolk.
Age 28 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 55th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment. Served Normandy. Died of wounds 30/6/1944.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Details awaited, possibly Troop Sergeant.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known beyond Sergeant.
Wounded Yes - Normandy - exact date not yet known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS 30/6/1944. Initially interred at Ryes, Map 1/50,000, MR 7E/5 Reference 864.823. Re-buried 8/11/1944 in Plot III, Row G, Grave 5 in Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville. Headstone inscription reads LOVED IN LIFE, TREASURED IN DEATH, BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES, ARE ALL WE HAVE LEFT.
Home address Son of Wilfred John and Ella Phoebe Salmon (nee Dodson). Married Ivy Ella Middleditch at Bury St Edmunds in 1939. Lived at Bardwell, Suffolk.
Source table
Information on this Page has been extracted from the Royal Artillery Tracer Card found for this soldier on Ancestry.co.uk supported by details from the CWGC Website, and a photograph supplied by Adeline Dutertre.
