Difference between revisions of "Oughton J G Gunner 916824"

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|Rank=Gunner
 
|Rank=Gunner
 
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
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|Date of birth=Born 5/1/1903 - birth registered in Chester le Street.  Mother's maiden surname Roseby.
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|Date of birth=
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery - date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training.  Posted to the 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Service to be further researched.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery - date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training.  Posted to the 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Posted to 62nd Anti-aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, HULL with effect from 11/11/1939.  Service to be further researched.
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|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
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|Company/Battery=293 Battery within 125th Field Regiment.
 
|Task or role=Gunner.
 
|Task or role=Gunner.
 
|Promotions=None known.
 
|Promotions=None known.
 
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
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|Died/Killed in action=Death registered in July 1971 in Northumberland South Registration District.
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|Died/Killed in action=
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|Home address=In the 1911 Census he is shown living with his parents - George (Coal Miner - Hewer) and Mary Hannah (nee Roseby) and his siblings.  In the 1939 General Register he is shown as living at 3 Wooley Street, Wallsend with his wife Doris (nee Heatherington) who he married in January 1928 at Tynemouth.  He was working in the shipyard as a Redleader.
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Unfortunately the Card for John George within the Royal Artillery Tracer Cards held on Ancestry.co.uk is missing, so his earlier and later postings have not been able to be identified as yet.  It appears that he may not have transferred with his comrades to the 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, which was, sadly, captured at Singapore and suffered considerable casualties in Japanese hands.
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Unfortunately the Card for John George within the Royal Artillery Tracer Cards held on Ancestry.co.uk is missing, so his earlier and later postings have not been able to be identified as yet.  He was not transferred with his comrades to the 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, which was, sadly, captured at Singapore and suffered considerable casualties in Japanese hands, as he was transferred to 62nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment in 1939.
  
 
Further information on this soldier would be welcome.
 
Further information on this soldier would be welcome.

Revision as of 08:56, 4 March 2024

Personnel Entry

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Name Oughton John George
Army number 916824
Rank Gunner
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth
Age
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery - date not yet known. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Posted to 62nd Anti-aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, HULL with effect from 11/11/1939. Service to be further researched.
Company/Battery 293 Battery within 125th Field Regiment.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Gunner.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action
Home address
Source table

Unfortunately the Card for John George within the Royal Artillery Tracer Cards held on Ancestry.co.uk is missing, so his earlier and later postings have not been able to be identified as yet. He was not transferred with his comrades to the 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, which was, sadly, captured at Singapore and suffered considerable casualties in Japanese hands, as he was transferred to 62nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment in 1939.

Further information on this soldier would be welcome.

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