Howes Ernest Richard Gunner 14215133
Personnel Entry
Name Howes Ernest Richard
Army number 14215133
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 2/7/1942. Posted to the 23rd Field Training Regiment - probably for initial training. Posted to the 178th Field Regiment 9/11/1942. Posted overseas 10/3/1943. Served India. Posted X List (2) India 24/6/1944. Returned to the 178th Field Regiment 6/7/1944. Returned to the UK. Posted to the RA Depot 23/6/1946. Posted to the Allied Artillery Training Cadre 5/10/1946. Returned to the RA Depot 26/11/1946. Unit release. Posted Y List (7) 29/11/1947. Relegated to the Z/T Reserve 3/5/1947. 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
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
