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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Ford John
|Army number=6283465
|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 East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 2/12/1926. Posted to the ? Battalion. Transferred to the Royal Artillerym15/11/1941 and posted to the 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. Posted to the 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 17/2/1943. Posted to the 85th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1/9/1943 and 1/11/1943 (gap not explained on Card).
Posted to the 56th Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 16/5/1944. Served Normandy? Posted to 144th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 56th Battery, 27/11/1944. Posted to the 56th Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 7/2/1945. Returned to the UK. Posted to the R.A. Depot (Coastal Artillery and Anti-Aircraft Wing) 3/3/1945. Posted 56th Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 27/3/1945. Posted 148th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 13/8/1945. Release Y List (4) 27/9/1945. Relegated to the Z (T) Reserve 22/11/1945. Demobilised. Discharged from Reserve as overage 1954.
|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.
}}

Information on this Page has been extracted from the Royal Artillery Tracer Card found for this soldier on Ancestry.co.uk

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 |Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
 |Unit=Enlisted in the East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 2/12/1926.  Posted to the ? Battalion.  Transferred to the Royal Artillerym15/11/1941 and posted to the 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment.  Posted to the 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 17/2/1943.  Posted to the 85th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1/9/1943 and 1/11/1943 (gap not explained on Card).
- Posted to the 56th Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 16/5/1944.  Served Normandy?  Posted to 144th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 56th Battery, 27/11/1944.  Posted to the 56th Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 7/2/1945.  Returned to the UK.  Posted to the R.A. Depot (Coastal Artillery and Anti-Aircraft Wing) 3/3/1945.  Posted 56th Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 27/3/1945.  Posted 148th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 13/8/1945.  Release Y List (4) 27/9/1945.  Relegated to the Z (T) Reserve  22/11/1945.  Demobilised.  Discharged from Reserve as overage 1954.
+Posted to the 56th Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 16/5/1944.  Served Normandy?  Posted to 144th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 56th Battery, 27/11/1944.  Posted to the 56th Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 7/2/1945.  Returned to the UK.  Posted to the R.A. Depot (Coastal Artillery and Anti-Aircraft Wing) 3/3/1945.  Posted 56th Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 27/3/1945.  Posted 148th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 13/8/1945.  Release Y List (4) 27/9/1945.  Relegated to the Z (T) Reserve  22/11/1945.  Demobilised.  Discharged from Reserve as overage 1954.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.

Ford John Gunner 6283465 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 16:48, 20 June 2020

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Ford John |Army number=6283465 |Rank=Gunner |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards |Date of birth=Not yet ascertained. |Age=(At time..."