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Introduction and background

For a short history of the Regiment readers are referred to the War Memorials dedicated to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment (which the Field Regiment became as is described in the War Diary) which can be found on the North East War Memorials Website at references S140.006, S140.140 and S140.147. The names listed in these Memorial files are being incorporated into the Manpower list below.

Almost 200 members of the Regiment died as Prisoners of War in Japanese hands in the three and a half years following their capture at Singapore, where they served as Infantry - their guns and equipment having been lost when their troop transport was attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft just short of Singapore.

Links are included from this page to the Commonwealth War Graves Website pages covering the relevant Cemeteries in the Far East - some of which were visited by the lead researcher and his wife on a trip to Thailand some years ago. Where men were lost at sea, or have no known grave, details will be included as appropriate on their personal pages. Those men who survived the Japanese Prison Camps and returned home will be identified, again, on their personal pages from the list below.

War Diary

125th Field Regiment, War Diary 1939

125th Field Regiment, War Diary 1940

Personnel Records for 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.

Ainsley J W Gunner 917049
Aird J L Driver i/c
Alcock G Gunner
Allen E R Gunner
Anderson W Gunner 929139
Armstrong F Gunner 925604
Arnold W Gunner 902434
Barbour D 2nd Lieutenant
Barker J C Sergeant
Barker W C H Sergeant
Barton R Gunner 921309
Baxter D Lance-Bombardier 918463
Binyon G Gunner 902508
Blyth J Gunner 911861
Braley H Driver i/c
Brass F Driver
Brodie J R Gunner
Brooks T F Gunner 918460
Buckley Lieutenant
Burnett H Sergeant 1669958
Burnett J R Lance-Bombardier 923019
Cameron J T R Gunner
Carney J J Gunner
Chalk M Gunner 922197
Chesney E Battery Sergeant Major
Clingley E Bombardier 923045
Coleman M Gunner 915139
Connolly J Gunner 916778
Cook R W Gunner 917074
Creal E H Lieutenant
Cummin J Gunner 914828
Daglish J G Gunner
Davidson D Gunner 857889
Davis D Lance-Bombardier 917869
Davison J B Sergeant 917876
Dean J Lieutenant Colonel
Devlin J Gunner
Dickinson Gunner 925790
Dobinson J Sergeant 901973
Dodds F 2nd Lieutenant
Duff V I Gunner 917433
Faircloth S Gunner 924341
Flook O F Battery Sergeant Major
Forster Gunner 4450089
Garner G H Gunner 912476
Gibson L Lance-Bombardier 919805
Gilbertson C Gunner 925119
Glendenning F Gunner (Boy) 924340
Goodfellow S P Gunner 923103
Goodyear M 2nd Lieutenant
Gray L Lance Bombardier 4445254
Greenwell Acting Captain
Guiney-Walsh M L 2nd Lieutenant
Hall D Gunner
Hall E Gunner 946535
Hall H Gunner 944381
Harper T W H Gunner 925773
Harrison E A Bombardier
Harvard Acting Captain
Hay E H Gunner 862644
Hill H C Gunner 947643
Hodgson J W Gunner 917057
Holmes F Gunner 944938
Hooks D Gunner
Hope E P Gunner
Hossack J Gunner
Hubbard R W Driver i/c
Jacobs R F Regimental Sergeant Major
Jameson A Gunner
Jeffrey W P P Lance-Bombardier 755836
Johnson L Gunner
Jones M N 2nd Lieutenant
Kelly Captain RAMC
King S Gunner 867061
Kirtley E W Battery Quarter Master Sergeant
Laidlaw F Gunner 922293
Lawrence J H Gunner 925778
Laws D 2nd Lieutenant
Lindsey J Gunner 4259043
Mackenzie M Captain
Macnaught H W W 2nd Lieutenant
Marlborough J J Gunner 902353
Marr G Gunner 913850
Martin W S Major
McGahan Gunner 946958
Mead A E Gunner 920248
Mitchell H W Sergeant 1937253
Milburn S W Major
Morgan W L Sergeant 923106
Moor G C 2nd Lieutenant
Nicholson A Gunner 922300
Nixon T S M Gunner 912382
Norman W Gunner
O'Mahoney J Reverend
Overy M H Gunner 925041
Oxlade N Gunner 922292
Patrick R D Gunner 912506
Pearlman P Lance-Sergeant 912840
Pearson J W Lance-Sergeant 916827
Peverley W Gunner 900725
Phorson W 2nd Lieutenant
Picken T W Battery Sergeant Major
Procter S Gunner 913851
Purvis R Gunner
Raine F Gunner
Raine W T Gunner
Reay S Gunner
Rich R H 2nd Lieutenant
Riddell G W Gunner
Ridley S 2nd Lieutenant
Ridley W C Gunner 917075
Roberts C W H Sergeant 4442217
Robson H S Gunner 914829
Rogan E Gunner 870093
Ross E S Sergeant 923087
Scott A R Gunner
Scott J H S Lance-Bombardier 900758
Shaw T Battery Quarter Master Sergeant
Sidney J Bombardier 900727
Smith C Gunner 2649783
Smith D C Gunner 914826
Smith S G Gunner 925146 >br> Smith T Gunner 924014
Sowter J W Y Gunner 923043
Spotswood F G Gunner
Stenhouse Adam Battery Sergeant Major 1024589
Stephenson G H Gunner
Stephenson R Gunner 4450286
Telford E Lance-Bombardier 922206
Tennick G L Gunner
Timney A E Bombardier
Turnbull Sergeant 810449
Walker G Gunner 919821
Wallace Sergeant 910233
Ward R Gunner
Weeks L M Lieutenant Colonel RAMC
White A M Gunner 901475
White R H Driver
Wigham R K Driver
Wilson R B Lance-Bombardier 917078
Wilson J W 2nd Lieutenant
Winn N Gunner 922304
Wright W Gunner
Wright W H Gunner

Information on those Commonwealth War Graves Cemeteries which are the final resting place for many of the men listed above can be found by clicking on the links below.

Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand

Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand

Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma

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