Hoskin Roy Nelson Gunner 2563483
Personnel Entry
Name Hoskin Roy Nelson
Army number 2563483
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 Corps of Signals - no date recorded. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to 451 Mountain Battery 13/1/1941. Posted to Y List 11/10/1943. Posted to the 1st Mountain Battery 14/10/1943. Served Normandy. Returned to the UK. Y Release 25/9/1945. Relegated to the Z Reserve 27/11/1945. 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.
