View source for Horton William Gunner 14583977

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Horton William
|Army number=14583977
|Rank=Gunner
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted (probably conscripted) 15/4/1943 in the General Staff Corps.  Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery.  Posted to the 25th Medium and Heavy Training Regiment 26/5/1943.  Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment 13/8/1943.  Posted to Regimental Home Details 6/1/1944.  Posted back to the 1st Mountain Regiment 26/1/1944.  Posted back to Home Details 6/8/1944.  Served Normandy?  Posted overseas?  Posted to the 3rd Mountain Regiment 5/4/1945.  Posted to the 123rd Field Regiment 1/12/1945.  Posted to the 6th Medium Regiment (now the 18th Medium Regiment) 16/8/1946.  Unit Release Y List (7) 8/7/1947.  Relegated to the Z/T Reserve 23/9/1947.  Demobilised.  Discharged from the Reserve under TA Regulations para 234 (ii) 52/64/RA Records 8/231.
|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. 
}}

Much of the information on this Page was extracted from the soldier’s Royal Artillery Tracer Card – held on Ancestry.co.uk.