Holmes Thomas Richard Gunner 14348903
Personnel Entry
Name Holmes Thomas Richard
Army number 14348903
Rank Gunner
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Not yet ascertained.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted - probably conscripted - in the General Staff Corps 19/11/1942. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Royal Artillery 30/12/1942 and posted to the 185th Field Regiment. Served Normandy. Posted to Number 46 Reinforcement Holding Unit. 10/12/1944. Returned to the UK. Posted to the RA Depot 13/12/1944 ?. Attached to the 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Attached to the 6th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment 12/12/1944. Posted to the 4th Training Regiment RA 27/3/1945. Posted to the 24th Training Regiment RA 7/12/1945. Posted Y List (7) 3/10/1946. Relegated to the Z/T Reserve 3/12/1946. 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
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
