Hampson Albert Henry Gunner 912206 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Hampson Albert Henry
|Army number=912206
|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 Royal Artillery. Underwent Basic Training. Possibly posted to a Field Training Regiment for gunnery training. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment. KILLED in ACTION 1/5/1945.
|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=KILLED in ACTION 1/5/1945 near Wangelau.
|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.

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 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 1/5/1945 near Wangelau (possibly in the same incident as Gunner Arbon).  Initially interred at Wangelau, Germany, Map sheet L.5 1/100,000 reference 853445.  Re-buried 8/10/1946 in Grave 2A. F. 7. (next to Gunner Arbon) in Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
-|Home address=Son of Albert Henry and Amy Beatrice Hampson of Walmer, Kent.  No trace of a marriage.
+|Home address=Son of Albert Henry and Amy Beatrice Hampson of Walmer, Kent.  No trace of a marriage.  Probate granted 7/12/1945 at Llandudno Registry.
 }}

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 |Rank=Gunner
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
-|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
+|Date of birth=Birth registered October 1911 at Medway, Kent.  Mother's maiden surname Brooks.
-|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
+|Age=34 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery.  Underwent Basic Training.  Possibly posted to a Field Training Regiment for gunnery training.  Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.  KILLED in ACTION 1/5/1945.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery.  Underwent Basic Training.  Possibly posted to a Field Training Regiment for gunnery training.  Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.  Served in North Western Europe.  KILLED in ACTION 1/5/1945.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 1/5/1945 near Wangelau.
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 1/5/1945 near Wangelau (possibly in the same incident as Gunner Arbon).  Initially interred at Wangelau, Germany, Map sheet L.5 1/100,000 reference 853445.  Re-buried 8/10/1946 in Grave 2A. F. 7. (next to Gunner Arbon) in Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
-|Home address=No family information yet.
+|Home address=Son of Albert Henry and Amy Beatrice Hampson of Walmer, Kent.  No trace of a marriage.
 }}