Francis Hugh Gunner 6399211
Personnel Entry
Name Francis Hugh
Army number 6399211
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 Sussex Regiment 12/12/1939 and underwent Basic Training. Posted to the ? Battalion. Transferred to the Royal Artillery and posted to 143rd Field Regiment - date not given. Proposed overseas deployment deleted on the Card. Posted Y List 3/8/1942. Posted to 143rd Field Regiment 4/9/1942. Posted to 185th Field Regiment 21/12/1942. Posted X List (2) H 31/5/1944. Served Normandy? Posted X List (2) H 14/6/1944. Posted 42 RHU 19/7/1944. Posted X List (4) H 7/9/1944. Returned to the UK. Posted to the R.A. Depot 16/10/1944. Posted to the 12th Medium Regiment 20/12/1944. Posted to 195th Field Regiment 28/5/1945. Posted to Draft RAXBH 1/6/1945. Returned to North West Europe? Posted 46 RHU 4/6/1945. Posted X List (1) 21 Army Group 12/6/1945. Returned to UK 15/8/1945. Posted to the R.A. Depot 19/11/1945. Posted to 53rd Field Regiment 8/3/1946. Release. Unit Y Release 14/3/1946. Relegated to the Z (T) Reserve 2/3/1946? 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
Information on this Page has been extracted from the Royal Artillery Tracer Card found for this soldier on Ancestry.co.uk
