Oughton J G Gunner 916824
Personnel Entry
Name Oughton John George
Army number 916824
Rank Gunner
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 5/1/1903 Chester le Street.
Age
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1939. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Posted to 62nd Anti-aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Hull with effect from 11/11/1939. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry and posted to the 16th Battalion. Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 28/6/1944. Reported missing, believed to be a PoW in Greece 14/12/1944. Captured by ELAS and released after a few weeks - announced February 1945.
Company/Battery 293 Battery within 125th Field Regiment.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Gunner.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Death registered July 1971 in Northumberland south.
Home address Father George Oughton - a coal miner (hewer). Mother Mary Hannah Roseby. In the 1911 Census he was shown as living at Grange Villa, Hetton le Hole. Later at 21 William Street, Hetton Downs. In the 1939 Register he is shown as married (January 1928 in Wallsend) and living with his wife Doris - nee Heatherington - born 26/11/1905 - and working as a red leader at the shipyard.
Source table
Unfortunately the Card for John George within the Royal Artillery Tracer Cards held on Ancestry.co.uk is missing, so his earlier and later postings have not been able to be identified as yet. He was not transferred with his comrades to the 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, which was, sadly, captured at Singapore and suffered considerable casualties in Japanese hands, as he was transferred to 62nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment in November 1939.
Further information on this soldier would be welcome.
