Bamborough John George Gunner 14221953
Personnel Entry
Name Bamborough John George
Army number 14221953
Rank Gunner
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Birth registered April 1922, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Mother's maiden surname Smith.
Age 22 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted - probably conscripted - into the General Staff Corps. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Royal Artillery. Probably posted to a Field Training Regiment for gunnery training. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment. Served in North West Europe. KILLED in ACTION 1/11/1944.
Company/Battery Thought to be 452 Battery.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet ascertained.
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 KILLED in ACTION 1/11/1944, at Flushing as one of a group of casualties. No record of initial interment. Commemorated on Panel 2 of the Groesbeek Memorial, Holland.
Home address Son of John George and Margaret Bamborough.
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No Royal Artillery Tracer Card found for this soldier on Ancestry.co.uk
