Drury William Arthur Gunner 4800729
Personnel Entry
Name Drury William Arthur
Army number 4800729
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 Lincolnshire Regiment at Nottingham Brigade Depot 14/5/1934 and underwent Basic Training. Posted to the ? Battalion. Transferred to the Royal Artillery and posted to the 1st Training Brigade - date not shown on Tracer Card. Posted to the Royal Horse Artillery - no date given. Posted to the 1st Reserve Field Regiment - no date given. Posted to the 12th Field Regiment - no date given. Posted to 125th Field Regiment - no dates shown. Posted to the R.A. Depot 12/8 - year not shown. Posted to the 51st Light Battery 10/6/1944. Posted to 139th Field Regiment. Much of the remainder of the Tracer Card is illegible. Served India. Returned to the UK. Discharged 30/6/1948 under the 1940 King's Regulations Paragraph 390 (xvi). Demobilised. Documents to N.E. Library.
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
Information on this Page has been extracted from the Royal Artillery Tracer Card found for this soldier on Ancestry.co.uk
