Delahoy Anthony Gunner 1137005 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Delahoy Anthony
|Army number=1137005
|Rank=Gunner
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 22/1/1942 and underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. Service completed 23/2/1947.
|Company/Battery=219 Battery. Regimental HQ.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=HQ Despatch Rider.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=Record of Service shows him as P/A/Sergeant on completion of service.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Surviving Veteran as at August 2020.
|Home address=No family information yet.
}}

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 |Army number=1137005
 |Rank=Gunner
-|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
+|Decorations=Service Awards - 1939-45 Star.  Defence Medal.  1939-45 War Medal.  France and Germany Star.  Awarded French Legion d' Honneur by the French Government 2015.
-|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
+|Date of birth=13/1/1923.
-|Age=
+|Age=Currently 98.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 22/1/1942 and underwent Basic Training.  Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment.  Service completed 23/2/1947.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 22/1/1942 and underwent Basic Training.  Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment.  Served Normandy.  Posted overseas 1945.  Served India.  Posted to 100th Anti-Tank Regiment in 1946.  Discharged to Z Reserve.  Demobilised 23/2/1947.  Discharged from Z Reserve 1953.
 |Company/Battery=219 Battery.   Regimental HQ.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=I Troop in 219 Battery.
-|Task or role=HQ Despatch Rider.
+|Task or role=HQ Despatch Rider.  Pay Clerk Bombardier.  RHQ Duty Sergeant in 100th Anti-Tank Regiment.
-|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
+|Joined Brigade=1942.
-|Promotions=Record of Service shows him as P/A/Sergeant on completion of service.
+|Promotions=Bombardier.  Record of Service shows him as P/A/Sergeant on completion of his service.
-|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
+|Wounded=No.
-|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
+|Prisoner of War=No.
 |Died/Killed in action=Surviving Veteran as at August 2020.
-|Home address=No family information yet.
+|Home address=London 1923 - 1988.  Edinburgh 1988 - present.  Roundsman on enlisting.
 |Image Name=2017_Image.jpg
 |Image Title=Sergeant Anthony Delahoy, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.
 }}
-The image below shoes Anthony Delahoy at the age of 21.
+The image below shoes Anthony Delahoy at the age of 21 in Turnhout, Belgium.
 [[File:Anthony_Delahoy_55th_Anti-Tank_Regiment.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Gunner Delahoy]]

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