Difference between revisions of "Leech Samuel Goldsmith Gunner 14367023"
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|Unit=Enlisted (?conscripted) 1/12/1942 in the General Staff Corps. Posted to No.17 Primary Training Centre for initial induction training. Transferred to the Royal Artillery 14/1/1943 and posted to 212 Light Anti Aircraft Training Regiment. Posted to B Cadre Battery 15/1/1943. Posted to 12 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment 8/3/1943. Posted to 308 Battery, 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 22/3/1943. Served in North West Europe - disembarked 16/7/1944. Posted to 12th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 14/8/1945. Posted to X List VIII A List for B Release. Returned to UK 19/10/1945. Posted to C Battery Light Anti-Aircraft Depot in excess of War Establishment. B Release and relegation to Class W/WT Reserve22/11/1945. Demobilised. | |Unit=Enlisted (?conscripted) 1/12/1942 in the General Staff Corps. Posted to No.17 Primary Training Centre for initial induction training. Transferred to the Royal Artillery 14/1/1943 and posted to 212 Light Anti Aircraft Training Regiment. Posted to B Cadre Battery 15/1/1943. Posted to 12 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment 8/3/1943. Posted to 308 Battery, 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 22/3/1943. Served in North West Europe - disembarked 16/7/1944. Posted to 12th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 14/8/1945. Posted to X List VIII A List for B Release. Returned to UK 19/10/1945. Posted to C Battery Light Anti-Aircraft Depot in excess of War Establishment. B Release and relegation to Class W/WT Reserve22/11/1945. Demobilised. | ||
Revision as of 08:10, 16 May 2024
Personnel Entry
Name Leech Samuel Goldsmith
Army number 14367023.
Rank Gunner.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 5/5/1910. Birth registered Q1 Birkenhead.
Age 80 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted (?conscripted) 1/12/1942 in the General Staff Corps. Posted to No.17 Primary Training Centre for initial induction training. Transferred to the Royal Artillery 14/1/1943 and posted to 212 Light Anti Aircraft Training Regiment. Posted to B Cadre Battery 15/1/1943. Posted to 12 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment 8/3/1943. Posted to 308 Battery, 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 22/3/1943. Served in North West Europe - disembarked 16/7/1944. Posted to 12th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 14/8/1945. Posted to X List VIII A List for B Release. Returned to UK 19/10/1945. Posted to C Battery Light Anti-Aircraft Depot in excess of War Establishment. B Release and relegation to Class W/WT Reserve22/11/1945. Demobilised.
Company/Battery 308 Battery.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably gunner but not yet ascertained.
Joined Brigade Date assumed to be 22/3/1943 when he was posted to the 89th LAA Regiment.
Promotions None as far as is known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Death Registered at Birkenhead November 1990, aged 80.
Home address Married Eileen Brady 27/4/1935. 1939 General Register shows the family living at 14, Berkit Close, Wallasey with Samuel working as a Journeyman Joiner. Later lived at 2 Farmside. Leasowe, Wallasey, Cheshire.
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