Holdstock Gerald Gunner 835907
Personnel Entry
Name Holdstock Gerald
Army number 835907
Rank Gunner
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Not yet ascertained.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery in Canterbury 7/5/1934. Attested at Brigade Depot. Posted to 2nd Training Brigade. Posted to 2nd Searchlight Battery. Posted to 25th Medium Battery. Dispersal Section Depot. Joined Draft RZFOX 3/9/1941. Posted to the 143rd Field Regiment 16/9/1941. Served Normandy. Returned to the UK. Y Release 7/12/1945. Relegated to "B" Royal Army Reserve 26/3/1946. Relegated to Class Z Reserve 6/5/1946. 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
Many of the Royal Artillery personnel pages have benefited from information drawn from the 1939-1945 RA Tracer Cards made available via Ancestry.co.uk
