View source for Houghton Oswald Frank Gunner 1447024

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Houghton Oswald Frank
|Army number=1447024
|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 General Staff Corps 22/3/1939.  Underwent Basic Training - probably at a Primary Training Centre.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery.  Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment - date not known.  Served Normandy.  Posted to 9 Reinforcement Holding Unit 15/1/1945.  Posted to 31 Reinforcement Holding Unit 13/2/1945.  Returned to 55th Anti-Tank Regiment 14/3/1945.    Posted to X List (2) 21st Army Group 28/4/1945.  Returned to 55th Anti-Tank Regiment 9/5/1945.  Returned to the UK.  Release Y 20/1/1946.  Relegated to Z/T Reserve 6/4/1946.  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. 
}}

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