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.

The period for which the War Diary is documented here covers that part of the Second World War when the Regiment was associated with 70th Infantry Brigade and concludes at the time - June 1940 - when the Brigade became Independent and was stationed in the far South-West of the UK.

The Field Regiment went on to other duties and, as mentioned, was converted to an Anti-Tank Regiment and was sent to the Far East. Readers wishing to study that period of the Regiment's existence are recommended to consult the Far East Prisoners of War resources on the Internet. and the material held by the Royal Artillery Museum.

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.

Many of those casualties perished at sea when the cargo ships carrying them to work in Japan were sunk by Allied ships, submarines or aircraft, the vessels not being marked, as required by International Law, to show that they were transporting Prisoners of War.

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, or, in the case of the Sai Wan War Cemetery, when they worked in Hong Kong in the late 1990s.

Where men were lost at sea, or have no known grave, details will be included as appropriate on their personal pages as to where they are commemorated. Those men who survived the Japanese Prison Camps and returned home will be identified, again, on their personal pages linked from the list below.

It is hoped that our attempt to include all the names from the Regimental Memorials, and combine those with the material extracted from the War Diaries, represents a suitably respectful presentation, and indeed further Memorial, to the names of those who served and died with the Regiment, many of whom came from the Sunderland area.

Additional "family" material on the individuals is always welcome and can be supplied using the contact details given on the Website Main Page, or via the e-mail link at the foot of each page on the Unit.

War Diary

125th Field Regiment, War Diary 1939

125th Field Regiment, War Diary 1940

Personnel Records for 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.

Adey J Bombardier 923029
Ainsley J W Gunner 917049
Aird Arthur Gunner 913431
Aird J L Driver i/c
Akien J Gunner 916770
Alcock G Gunner
Alderton Edward Arthur Gunner 1094125
Allan Charles Fairbridge Sergeant 916815
Allan Frank Gunner 901935
Allen E R Gunner 910871
Allen George Gunner 913661
Allen W Gunner 917050
Allman Wilfred John Gunner 1572544
Anderson W Gunner 929139
Annis George Osborne Gunner 1104610
Archibald J Bombardier 918467
Armstrong F Gunner 925604
Arnold William Gunner 902424
Ashton D H Gunner 944586
Askew J Gunner 913360
Atkinson A E Gunner 907781
Atkinson J Gunner 921572
Bailes R Gunner 915156
Bailey Frank Gunner 1094132
Bannaghan George Edward Gunner 1568658
Bannier Stanley Ernest Gunner 1094134
Barbour D 2nd Lieutenant
Barker Charles Frederick Gunner 1573943
Barker J C Sergeant
Barker Leslie Gunner 922198
Barker W C H Sergeant 5880970
Barnes L R Lance Sergeant 920860
Barras R H Gunner 908999
Barton J B Gunner 919811
Barton R Gunner 921309
Basco Lionel Gunner 1558132
Baxter D Lance-Bombardier 918463
Bays B H Gunner 883850
Beattie J W Gunner 900739
Beattie R A Lance Sergeant 901934
Beddowarth Arthur Richard Gunner 1558134
Bedford Arthur Bombardier 947637
Bell G 2nd Lieutenant
Bell G A Gunner 854306
Bell T Gunner 908995
Bell Thomas Alfred Gunner 946517
Bennett G Gunner 820280
Binyon G Gunner 902508
Blakeman Leslie Gunner 911876
Blyth J Gunner 911861
Bogie J W Gunner 924811
Bowden Samuel Lance Bombardier 920785
Bowman Alan Tulip Bombardier 923047
Boylen Patrick Bombardier 913852
Bradley J Gunner 923095
Braley H Gunner
Brass F Driver
Brazier B S 2nd Lieutenant
Brennan Benet Gunner 923104
Brennan Gerard Gunner 4450228
Briton R Gunner 4446589
Brodie J R Gunner
Brook Charles William Gunner 911862
Brooke T F Gunner 910460
Brooks T F Gunner 918460
Browell Ernest Douglas Lance Bombardier 923112
Browell G G WOIII
Brown Thomas James Gunner 923016
Buckley Lieutenant
Bull Lloyd Gunner 1493653
Burnett H Sergeant 1669958
Burnett J R Lance-Bombardier 923019
Burnikell Norman Lance Sergeant 917077
Butler E Gunner 902482
Calvert C Gunner 885412
Cameron John Appleton Bombardier 902443
Cameron J T R Gunner
Carling F Gunner 900724
Carlisle E G Gunner 912484
Carney C W Gunner 910830
Carney G Lance Bombardier 913857
Carney J J Gunner
Carney J W Gunner 917139
Carson J Gunner 912535
Carter W W 2nd Lieutenant
Chalk M Gunner 922197
Chambers Ronald Gunner 917864
Chandler Joseph Henry Gunner 1107565
Chapman Edward Paul Gunner 923048
Charlton G R Gunner 883512
Charman R R 2nd Lieutenant
Chatt H Bombardier 916825
Chesney E WO II 752352
Chilley R R Gunner 883608
Chisholm W Gunner 917741
Clamp Leslie Gunner 944383
Clingley E Bombardier 923045
Clubb Ernest Victor Gunner 1107568
Coates George William Gunner 944338
Coates Robert William Gunner 913434
Cockburn J S Sergeant 4444437
Cockerill A Gunner 917079
Coleman M Gunner 915139
Collins G Gunner 912486
Conlon William Wilfred Gunner 923046
Connelly J Gunner 741994
Connolly J Gunner 916778
Constantine Eric Clifford Lance Bombardier 918145
Conway J Gunner 909631
Cook Robert William Gunner 917074
Coulson Joseph Gunner 5880255
Cowell George Henry Gunner 1114303
Cowling M F Gunner 913400
Crabb Reginald John Gunner 1094180
Cranmer A Gunner 923089
Cranmer Charles William Gunner 918464
Cranmer Frederick Gunner 925953
Crawford Edward William Sergeant 915168
Crawford John James Gunner 907138
Creal E H Lieutenant
Crosby Stanley Gunner 919799
Crossley Alexander Gunner 919808
Cummin J Gunner 914828
Cummin M Gunner 909461
Cummings J Gunner 914828
Cunningham T Gunner 4448022
Curry H Gunner 918185
Cutter A Gunner 925608
Daglish J G Gunner
Dagnall J Gunner 946533
Darke Francis Edward Gunner 871274
Davidson D Gunner 857889
Davidson J Gunner 912018
Davis David Lance-Bombardier 917869
Davis T Gunner 918696
Davison J B Sergeant 917876
Deacon S Gunner 895227
Dean J Lieutenant Colonel
Dempsey John Thomas Gunner 947523
Denby Alfred Gunner 1107917
Denton T P Lance Sergeant 902417
Devine E Gunner 871163
Devlin J Gunner 918184
Dickinson Gunner 925790
Ditchburn J WO III 917067
Dobinson J Sergeant 901973
Dodds F 2nd Lieutenant
Dodds W Gunner 877762
Dodshon T G Gunner 915169
Dodsworth T Gunner 4443257
Donkin F Gunner 925899
Donkin J Sergeant 4441884
Donkin T 2nd Lieutenant
Duell A E Bombardier 910274
Duff V I Gunner 917433
Duffy M Lance-Sergeant 916821
Duncan T F Gunner 890426
Edge E V Lance Sergeant 916819
Edmondson H Gunner 921312
Edwards Harold Gunner 1114392
Elliott A S Gunner 906272
Elliott R C Gunner 902511
Elliott R D Gunner 911613
Errington R Gunner 910847
Faircloth S Gunner 924341
Farrar Thomas Walker Gunner 918752
Finch Albert Sergeant 779171
Fiske C A Gunner 891047
Flook O F Battery Sergeant Major
Ford W Gunner 924344
Forster Gunner 4450089
Forster R M Gunner 917879
French J G Gunner 916785
French R Lance Bombardier 916787
French T E 2nd Lieutenant
Fuller Ernest Gunner 1094631
Gale Frederick George Gunner 1544718
Garbutt T W Gunner 944384
Garner G H Gunner 912476
Gash R H Gunner 923094
Gazeley Allan Roy Gunner 1525247
Geldart P Bombardier 919804
Gibson L Lance-Bombardier 919805
Gibson W H M Gunner 915153
Gilbertson C Gunner 925119
Glasby William Edward Gunner 946543
Glendenning F Gunner (Boy) 924340
Godley E Gunner 946554
Golightly J Gunner 914456
Gooderick Benjamin Hutcheon Gunner 910844
Goodfellow S P Gunner 923103
Gooding George Edwin Frank Gunner 1087650
Goodyear M 2nd Lieutenant
Gould Jack Bombardier 887872
Gray John George William Bombardier 1558186
Gray L Lance Bombardier 4445254
Greaves Alfred Gunner 884809
Grecian T Bombardier 920250
Greenwell W Mc B Acting Captain
Gregory David William Gunner 1107593
Grierson N Bombardier 901974
Guiney-Walsh M L 2nd Lieutenant
Guy George Sergeant 828963
Hall D Gunner 919803
Hall F Gunner 946535
Hall H Gunner 944381
Halligan W Gunner 1439311
Handley Frederick Edward Gunner 1558015
Hannon Norman Gunner 918768
Hardesty E Gunner 1460372
Hardy A F Gunner 918615
Harper T W H Gunner 925773
Harrison E A Bombardier 901952
Harrison L Bombardier 785830
Harvard J P de J Acting Captain
Harvey Alfred Black Gunner 923085
Harvey E W Gunner 921594
Hay E H Gunner 862644
Heath T A Gunner 923015
Hedley N Gunner 883670
Hedley Y M Gunner 907132
Henderson A Gunner 898930
Henderson E H Gunner 917073
Henderson E H Gunner 917683
Henderson Norman Gunner 958070
Hendry W Gunner 911887
Herbert Douglas Barker Bombardier 911891
Herron J Gunner 922341
Hetherington T A Sergeant 919822
Hewish Edmund Gordon Gunner 1557731
Hewitt G Gunner 4436709
Hiles Lance Sergeant
Hill David Gunner 1107997
Hill H C Gunner 947643
Hill R J B Gunner 923091
Hodgson J W Gunner 917057
Hogg Leonard Gunner 1107325
Holdford Robert Joseph Gunner 1558199
Holmes F Gunner 944938
Hood J W M Gunner 916818
Hooks D Gunner 913663
Hope E P Gunner 918162
Hope Thomas William Lance Bombardier 800703
Hossack J Gunner
Hubbard R W Gunner
Hudson Frank William Sergeant 824015
Hunter K B Bombardier 910872
Hutchins Arthur John Gunner 1094228
Hutton W Gunner 946557
Inch J D Gunner 924812
Irons George Gunner 1107329
Jacobs R F Regimental Sergeant Major
Jameson Alan Gunner 919791
Jane Charles Gunner 958073
Jeffrey W P P Lance-Bombardier 755836
Johnson Arthur William Gunner 1104098
Johnson L Gunner
Jones M N 2nd Lieutenant
Joyner A Gunner 882696
Judson A M Lance-Sergeant 4451057
Keehner J Gunner 910840
Kelly Captain RAMC
Kelly Ernest Gunner 918168
Kelly Patrick Joseph Gunner 1094237
Kennedy S Gunner 902303
Kennedy Sidney Alexander Gunner 1078149
Kershaw John Bombardier 944340
Keys F 2nd Lieutenant 92419
King S Gunner 867061
Kingsnorth Frank William Lance Sergeant 1557742
Kirby Mark Edward Gunner 921606
Kirkham Robert McGovan Gunner 1469976
Kirtley C D W Gunner 1661848
Kirtley E W Battery Quarter Master Sergeant
Knight Frank Alfred William Lance Bombardier 1078150
Laidlaw F Gunner 922293
Lambert Albert Gunner 944386
Langley J Gunner 916822
Langley W Gunner 914457
Last Eric George Bombardier 836271
Lavrack William Henry Gunner 1091985
Lawrance Albert Henry Gunner 1104627
Lawrence J H Gunner 925778
Laws D 2nd Lieutenant
Lawson Eric Russell Gunner 948579
Laybourne C C Gunner 4451094
Lea H E Gunner 917826
Leach Fred Gunner 1114311
Leary F Gunner 958079
Lee S J Sergeant 921626
Lewis S W Gunner 901979
Lilley Edward Gunner 917068
Lindsay T Gunner 909464
Lindsey J Gunner 4259043
Little T J Bombardier 910845
Lockwood S Gunner 947649
Lomax Harold Gunner 946522
Lyness William Gunner 947515
Mackenzie Murdoch Captain
Mackintosh James McIntosh Lieutenant 100372
MacNaught H W W 2nd Lieutenant
Macready Gunner 917875
Maddy Edward John Gunner 1092615
Madgwick John Bombardier 917055
Magrill Jack Harold Lance Sergeant 902520
Maguire J J Gunner 1427132
Male Charles Frederick Gunner 1557941
Manning Herbert William Phillips Gunner 901972
Marlborough J J Gunner 902353
Marr G Gunner 913850
Marrin R Gunner 919813
Marsden W Gunner 902418
Marsh Herbert Cyril Battery Sergeant Major 1058543
Martin A D Captain
Martin James Lance Bombardier 4915116
Martin W S Major
Mason Ernest Lance Sergeant 923096
Mason James Patrick Gunner 1078160
Maton William Joseph Sergeant 786200
McCarty J Gunner 909477
McCully Stanley Lance Bombardier 925136
McDonald C R C Gunner 909471
McDougal Ernest Gunner 946588
McGahan Gunner 946958
McGlenning J Gunner 1042983
McKenzie G Gunner 923109
McQueen A H 2nd Lieutenant
Mead A E Gunner 920248
Mealham Arthur William Gunner 1104629
Meins S Gunner 908035
Milburn Raymond Baket Lance Bombardier 922342
Milburn S W Major
Mincovitch M H Lance-Sergeant 913663
Million J W T Gunner 6013358
Mills T Gunner 879045
Mitchell Arthur James Gunner 946590
Mitchell Henry William Sergeant 1037253
Monaghan Francis Barras Gunner 958076
Morgan W L Sergeant 923106
Moor G C 2nd Lieutenant
Moore F H Gunner 911609
Morgan W L Lance Bombardier 923106
Morris Wilfred John Gunner 884860
Morrison J T Sergeant 4260436
Morton C Gunner 891660
Moss Kenneth Fitzroy Bombardier 1557897
Moushi Antonios Onoufriou Gunner 1104106
Murgatroyd Thomas Gunner 947526
Murrell Percy Gunner 1114019
Mustard D S Bombardier 914953
Mustard K Gunner 915167
Nelson T M Gunner 907130
Neville Robert Alfred Bombardier 915138
New George Proud Fletcher Gunner 4451476
Newman G J J Gunner 6968867
Newton Robert Lazenby Gunner 946592
Nicholson A Gunner 922300
Nixon E Gunner 918738
Nixon T S M Gunner 912382
Norman W Gunner
Oakley J Bombardier 922303
O'Connor G J Lieutenant
Old A Sergeant 921570
Old T Lance-Bombardier 901491
O'Mahoney J Reverend
Oughton J G Gunner 916824
Overy M H Gunner 925041
Owen C Gunner 947527
Oxlade N Gunner 922292
Page A Gunner 912446
Paice L Gunner 1438914
Paine F A Sergeant 918192
Pannifer Walter Charles Gunner 1104634
Patrick R D Gunner 912506
Patton K F Lieutenant
Patton R Gunner 905714
Peacock R Gunner 902306
Pearlman P Lance-Sergeant 912840
Pearson H Gunner 918194
Pearson J W Lance-Sergeant 916827
Pemberton Joseph Francis Lance Bombardier 812150
Pennal E C Gunner 4450331
Perrin William Gunner 809876
Peverley W Gunner 900725
Phillips H Gunner 901973
Phillips Thomas Gunner 1557762
Phorson W 2nd Lieutenant
Picken T W Battery Sergeant Major
Plummer Leslie Bombardier 923017
Potts D G Gunner 900723
Potts Henry John Thomas Gunner 798627
Pratt T V Gunner 915154
Prestige G W 2nd Lieutenant
Pritchard J Gunner 913774
Proctor J E Gunner 918749
Procter S Gunner 913851
Purvis R Gunner 918750
Raine F Gunner
Raine Gordon Gunner 923031
Raine William Thompson Gunner 917058
Randall N W Lance Bombardier 857299
Ray Frederick Edward Gunner 1094294
Reay S Gunner 4450894
Reeves George Gunner 900720
Rich Ernest Hammill 2nd Lieutenant 89451
Riddell George William Gunner 900672
Ridley S 2nd Lieutenant
Ridley W C Gunner 917075
Ritchie John Gunner 958075
Roberts C W H Sergeant 4442217
Robinson J Bombardier 911889
Roblou Frank Gunner 1107647
Robson H S Gunner 914829
Robson John Richardson Lance Bombardier 923084
Robson R Gunner 899230
Robson William Brown Gunner 910836
Rochester James Lambert Gunner 918741
Rogan E Gunner 870093
Ross E S Sergeant 923087
Routledge W R Bombardier 913440
Rowan G Gunner 912532
Rowe Frederick William Gunner 1557969
Samuel F Gunner 902351
Sandham Robert Gunner 936580
Scales A J Gunner 915184
Scott A R Gunner
Scott J H S Lance-Bombardier 900758
Seales G R Gunner 875911
Sharples Samuel Hartley Gunner 3659941
Shaw T Battery Quarter Master Sergeant
Sheridan J P RQMS
Shilling H Gunner 885298
Sidney J Bombardier 900727
Sidney W Bombardier 900729
Sim W Gunner 801381
Simpson N Gunner 905713
Slater G R Gunner 912501
Slater R S Gunner 882028
Slee Henry Douglas Gunner 1517083
Small G W Gunner 883665
Smith C Gunner 2649783
Smith C Sergeant 2649785
Smith D C Gunner 914826
Smith J B Gunner 923054
Smith J G Gunner 918187
Smith S G Gunner 925146
Smith T Gunner 924014
Smith W Gunner 923044
Sowter J W Y Gunner 923043
Spicer J G E Gunner 885289
Spotswood F G Gunner
Spours J M Gunner 906511
Spurgeon Phillip Sidney Gunner 1104644
Stenhouse Adam Battery Sergeant Major 1024589
Stephenson D Gunner 890408
Stephenson E Gunner 923040
Stephenson G H Gunner 918186
Stephenson Robert Gunner 922344
Stephenson R Gunner 4450286
Storey John Edward Gunner 919807
Stott Ernest Gunner 1094333
Stridiron C H Sergeant 758704
Stuart John Gunner 922339
Sullivan Joseph Gunner 909469
Sutcliffe Terence Gunner 1114376
Sutherland Arthur Weymss Gordon Captain 106132
Swan Frederick George Sergeant 915182
Sykes G Gunner 947648
Symonds Frederick Gunner 1107392
Talbot W Gunner 1438992
Tate Arthur Gunner 923042
Taylor H Gunner 944585
Taylor Norman Dix Lance Sergeant 909466
Teasdale William Gunner 1527235
Telford E Lance-Bombardier 922206
Tennick G L Gunner
Terry Frank Gunner 1078206
Thomas M A Gunner 1438633
Thomas Thomas Robert Lance Bombardier 1558264
Thompson A Gunner 910257
Thompson R WO III 4438377
Thompson W Gunner 913439
Thompson Walter Gunner 1525944
Thoms R Gunner 958668
Timney A E Bombardier 912481
Tingle Frank Gunner 1087360
Towell Cyril Sergeant 917871
Trotter George Nicholas Gunner 910839
Tubby Kenneth Walter Gunner 1104647
Tuddenham William Thomas Gunner 919806
Turnbull Sergeant 810449
Turner Allan Edwin Gunner 902401
Tweddle T Gunner 883187
Underwood Alfred Robert Kitchener Gunner 1558270
Waine N Gunner 900753
Walden N Gunner 908106
Walker Frank Robert Gunner 1558271
Walker G Gunner 919821
Wallace Sergeant 910233
Ward George Gunner 919575
Ward R Gunner 919795
Watson Alan Kirtley Lance Bombardier 915159
Watson J I 2nd Lieutenant
Watson J J Gunner 891052
Watson N Gunner 907789
Watson W H Gunner 922338
Watts John Reginald Captain 126009
Waud Derek Lance Bombardier 919574
Webster T Gunner 900722
Weeks L M Lieutenant Colonel RAMC
Weir F D Gunner 4448145
Welch Ronald Gunner 925786
White A M Gunner 901475
White R H Driver
White Wilfred Sinclair Gunner 913438
Whitfield R Gunner 900721
Wigham G T Gunner 912468
Wigham R K Gunner 917886
Wilde Joseph Gunner 1114269
Wilkin G L Gunner 898935
Williams Edward Gunner 910837
Williams Reginald Arthur Gunner 1557798
Williamson Arthur Gunner 1078388
Willis Cyril Edward Gunner 1557855
Wilson H Gunner 867585
Wilson J W 2nd Lieutenant
Wilson R B 2nd Lieutenant 92765
Wilson R B Lance-Bombardier 917078
Winn N Gunner 922304
Winter W H Gunner 883668
Wright A Gunner 914923
Wright S J Gunner 885390
Wright W Gunner
Wright W H Gunner 914923
Wylde R E Troop Sergeant Major 917882
Wylie J Major
Youll W H Gunner 922295
Young Archibald Gunner 946518
Young E Gunner 885449
Young William Gunner 923105
Zimmer Morris Gunner 1558472

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

Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong

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