Bamborough John George Gunner 14221953 - Revision history

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|Army number=14221953
|Rank=Gunner
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|Date of birth=
|Age=(At time of death).
|Unit=Served in the Royal Artillery. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.
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|Joined Brigade=
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No Royal Artillery Tracer Card found for this soldier on Ancestry.co.uk

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 |Army number=14221953
 |Rank=Gunner
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth=
+|Date of birth=Birth registered April 1922, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.  Mother's maiden surname Smith.
-|Age=(At time of death).
+|Age=22 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Served in the Royal Artillery.  Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.  KILLED in ACTION 1/11/1944.
+|Unit=Enlisted - probably conscripted - into the General Staff Corps.  Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery.  Probably posted to a Field Training Regiment for gunnery training.  Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.  Served in North West Europe.  KILLED in ACTION 1/11/1944.
-|Company/Battery=
+|Company/Battery=Thought to be 452 Battery.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=Not yet ascertained.
-|Joined Brigade=
+|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=
+|Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=
+|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=
+|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 1/11/1944, at Flushing.
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 1/11/1944, at Flushing as one of a group of casualties.  No record of initial interment.  Commemorated on Panel 2 of the Groesbeek Memorial, Holland.
-|Home address=
+|Home address=Son of John George and Margaret Bamborough.
 }}
 No Royal Artillery Tracer Card found for this soldier on Ancestry.co.uk