Howarth Vincent Gunner 1790775
Personnel Entry
Name Howarth Vincent
Army number 1790775
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 Artillery 10/4/1941. Posted to the 185th Field Regiment 9/11/1943. Served Normandy. Posted to Number 46 Reinforcement Holding Unit 10/12/1944. Returned to the UK. Posted to the RA Depot 13/12/1944 ?. Transferred to the East Surrey Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion 12/12/1944. Transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment 4/3/1945. Made out his Will 3/4/1945. Transferred from Infantry Records to RA Records. Relegated to the Z and Z/T Reserve - demobilised. Discharged from the Reserve 23/1/1953.
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
