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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Hope James
|Army number=916474
|Rank=Gunner
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=(At time of death). Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted 8/5/1939. Underwent Basic Training. Transferred from the King's Own Royal Regiment to the Royal Artillery 7/1/1941. Posted to the 23rd Medium and Heavy Training Regiment - no date shown on the Card. Posted to the 71st Medium Regiment 29/3/1941. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment 31/10/1941. Posted to the 3rd Mountain Regiment 1/12/1942 when the Units separated. Posted to the Royal Artillery Depot 18/2/1943. Posted to 3rd Reserve Regiment 23/2/1943. Posted to Draft REFAA 13/3/1943. Posted List (4) North Africa 6/4/1943. Served North Africa. Posted to 54th Heavy Regiment 27/4/1943. Posted X List (2) North Africa 20/5/1943. Returned to 54th Heavy Regiment 25/5/1943. Posted X List (2) North Africa 16/2/1944. Posted X List (4) North Africa 4/3/1944. Posted X List (1) North Africa 17/5/1944. Posted X List 1 Central Medicaterranean Force 11/10/1944 - later amended to read 4/9/1944. Posted X List (2) Central Mediterranean Force 11/8/1945. Posted X List (1) Central Mediterranean Force 18/8/1945. Returned to the UK. Y Release 14/11/1945. Relegated to the Z/T Reserve 14/2/1946. 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.

While the Tracer Card shows a transfer from KORR in January 1941, Gunner Hope's Regimental Number is from a block allocated to the Royal Artillery. Full Service Records would be needed to clarify why this is the case.

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