125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
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.
Aird J L Driver i/c
Alcock G Gunner
Allen E R Gunner
Anderson W Gunner 929139
Armstrong F Gunner 925604
Barbour D 2nd Lieutenant
Barker J C Sergeant
Barker W C H Sergeant
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
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
Davis D Lance-Bombardier 917869
Davison J B Sergeant 917876
Dean J Lieutenant Colonel
Devlin J Gunner
Dickinson Gunner 925790
Dobinson J Sergeant 901973
Duff V I Gunner 917433
Flook O F Battery Sergeant Major
Gibson L Lance-Bombardier 919805
Glendenning F Gunner (Boy) 924340
Goodfellow S P Gunner 923103
Goodyear M 2nd Lieutenant
Guiney-Walsh M L 2nd Lieutenant
Hall D Gunner
Harper T W H Gunner 925773
Harrison E A Bombardier
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
Kirtley E W Battery Quarter Master Sergeant
Lawrence J H Gunner 925778
Laws D 2nd Lieutenant
Mackenzie M Captain
Macnaught H W W 2nd Lieutenant
Marlborough J J Gunner 902353
Martin W S Major
Mitchell H W Sergeant 1937253
Milburn S W Major
Mitchell H W Sergeant
Morgan W L Sergeant 923106
Moor G C 2nd Lieutenant
Nixon T S M Gunner 912382
Norman W Gunner
O'Mahoney J Reverend
Oxlade N Gunner 922292
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
Ross E S Sergeant 923087
Scott A R Gunner
Scott J H S Lance-Bombardier 900758
Shaw T Battery Quarter Master Sergeant
Smith C Gunner 2649783
Smith D C Gunner 914826
Smith T Gunner 924014
Spotswood F G Gunner
Stenhouse Adam Battery Sergeant Major 1024589
Stephenson G H Gunner
Telford E Lance-Bombardier 922206
Tennick G L Gunner
Timney A E Bombardier
Walker G Gunner 919821
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
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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