Rawlins Freddie Gunner 14311616
Personnel Entry
Name Rawlins Frederick "Freddie"
Army number 14311616
Rank Gunner
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Born 1924, Lewes, Sussex. Mother's maiden surname Carter.
Age 21 at the time of his death.
Unit Conscripted into the General Staff Corps - date not yet known. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Initial postings probably included a Training Regiment. Posted to the 143rd Field Regiment. Served in Normandy and North West Europe. Killed in action 17/4/1945.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably gun crew - confirmation awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known, other than those injuries which caused his death.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 17/4/1945. Initially interred in Arnhem (isolated) Holland Ginkel Farm, 40 yards East of the road from Arnhem to Ede. Re-buried on 17/8/1945 in Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Plot 7.A.4. Headstone inscription reads "IN MEMORY OF MY SON, NEVER FORGOTTEN, ALWAYS NEAR, WE WHO LOVED HIM SADLY MISS HIM".
Home address Son of George Arthur and Maria Rawlins (nee Carter) of Haywards Heath, Sussex.
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 However, the Tracer Cards of casualties appear to have been removed from the collection, so Gunner Rawlins initial postings cannot be confirmed.
