Hope Percy James Gunner 1479517
Personnel Entry
Name Hope Percy James
Army number 1479517
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) into the General Staff Corps 2/9/1939. Underwent Basic Training - probably at a Primary Training Centre. transferred to the Royal Artillery. Posted to the 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. (HQ 35 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment). Proceeded to Port of Embarkation 30/10/1941. Serial 31549. Embarked 9/11/1941. Served Malaya. Reported Missing 15/2/1942 (the date of the surrender of Singapore). Taken Prisoner of War (189/RA(LAA) Rec/43) Returned to the UK. Repatriated Y List 11/10/1945 (LAA/CAS/HQ). Discharged under Paragraph 390 (xvi) of the 1940 King's Regulations 2/4/1946. Confirmed 29/4/1946. (99/7/46 Date amended 164). P/A No. 1 C.R.U. (46/NO/CRO/III 67/46) (14/3/46). Presumed Y List 10/4/1946 (61/ICRU/III 91/46). 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
Much of the information on this Page was extracted from the soldier’s Royal Artillery Tracer Card – held on Ancestry.co.uk.
