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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 15/1/1940.  Underwent Basic Training.  Posted to 219th Battery, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment.  Posted to 332 Anti-Tank Battery, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment on probably 7th July 1943.  332 Battery then re-designated 220 Battery, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment.  Served Normandy.  Posted to Y List. Evacuated to the UK for hospital treatment after wounding.  Returned to 220 Battery in Normandy 25/7/1944.  Returned to the UK.  Demobilised - date not yet known.
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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|Joined Brigade=On the attachment of 55th Anti-Tank Regiment to the Brigade Group.
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|Promotions=Lance Bombardier.
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|Wounded=Yes - wounded in the back by shrapnel in Normandy 17/6/1944.  Treated in hospital in the UK.
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Revision as of 14:19, 30 April 2023

Personnel Entry

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Name Byram Samuel
Army number 1525789.
Rank Gunner.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet ascertained.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 15/1/1940. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to 219th Battery, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. Posted to 332 Anti-Tank Battery, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment on probably 7th July 1943. 332 Battery then re-designated 220 Battery, 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. Served Normandy. Posted to Y List. Evacuated to the UK for hospital treatment after wounding. Returned to 220 Battery in Normandy 25/7/1944. Returned to the UK. Demobilised - date not yet known.
Company/Battery 219 Battery, 332 Battery, 220 Battery.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Gunner.
Joined Brigade On the attachment of 55th Anti-Tank Regiment to the Brigade Group.
Promotions Lance Bombardier.
Wounded Yes - wounded in the back by shrapnel in Normandy 17/6/1944. Treated in hospital in the UK.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No further family details as yet.
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