Hogsden William Richard Gunner 1080528
Personnel Entry
Name Hogsden William Richard
Army number 1080528
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 30/9/1940. Posted to 954 Defence Battery 30/9/1940. Posted to the 53rd Medium Regiment. Posted to the 176th Field Regiment. Posted to the 175th Field Regiment 6/8/1943. Posted to the 178th Field Regiment 12/6/1944. Posted to the RA Depot 7/9/1944. Posted to the 173rd Field Regiment 4/10/1944. Joined Draft RERBM 13/12/1944. Served India. Posted to the RA Depot Deolali 15/1/1945. Posted to the 50th Reserve Field Regiment 8/2/1945. Posted to the 86th Medium Regiment 3/8/1945. Release. Returned to the UK. Y Release 31/1/1946. Relegated to the Z.T. Reserve 13/4/1946. Demobilised. Discharged from the Reserve as Over Age 1957.
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
