Howarth Kenneth Gunner 14264864
Personnel Entry
Name Howarth Kenneth
Army number 14264864
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 20/8/1942. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Royal Artillery and posted to the 9th Field Training Regiment 30/9/1942. Posted to the 143rd Field Regiment 8/12/1942. Posted X List (IV) H 8/5/1944. Posted X List (IV) Number 52 Reinforcement Holding Unit 17/5/1944. Posted to the 143rd Field Regiment 5/6/1944. Served Normandy. Posted to Number 49 Reinforcement Holding Unit 7/8/1945. Posted to the RA Depot 22/8/1945. POsted Y List 28/8/1945. Relegated to Class W/T Reserve 17/9/1945. Release list 119/45. Class W/T Reserve 18/9/1945. 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
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
