Howard Sidney Gunner 14375214
Personnel Entry
Name Howard Sidney
Army number 14375214
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 3/12/1942. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Royal Artillery and posted to the 143rd Field Regiment 13/1/1943. Posted to the Warwicks Battalion 7/1/1944 (this presumably involved a transfer to the Warwickshire Regiment). Under Part 2 Order 89/44 posted to the 4th RA Training Regiment 12/4/1944. Under Part 2 Order 106/44 posted to the 195th Field Regiment 17/7/1944. Under Part 2 Order 191/44 joined Draft REPLR 13/11/1944. Served India. Posted RA Depot Deolali 14/1/1945. Posted X List (4) India 8/2/1945. Posted to the 160th Field Regiment 8/2/1945. Returned to the UK. Posted to the RA Depot 9/11/1945. Posted Y List 15/11/1945. Relegated to the W/T Reserve 6/12/1945. Demobilised. Discharged from the Reserve 4/2/1952 under TA 1936 Regulations Para 204 (6a). Documents to the North East Library.
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
