Horne Leonard Owen Gunner
Personnel Entry
Name Horne Leonard Owen
Army number Not yet known.
Rank Gunner
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Not yet ascertained.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted 3/12/1942 - probably into the General Staff Corps. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Royal Artillery and posted to the 4th Field Training Regiment 17/2/1943 (card says 1942 but this appears to be a manuscript error). Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment 14/5/1943. Served Normandy? Posted to the 20th Anti-Tank Regiment 16/8/1945. Posted overseas. Posted to the X List (II) Middle East Forces 14/8/1946. Posted to the 20th Anti-Tank Regiment 25/9/1946. Returned to the UK. Release Y List 7 8/5/1947. Relegated to the Z/T Reserve 5/9/1947. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address No family information yet.
Source table
Much of the information on this Page was extracted from the soldier’s Royal Artillery Tracer Card – held on Ancestry.co.uk.
