Treece George Edward Lionel Gunner 11430384
Personnel Entry
Name Treece George Edward Lionel
Army number 11430384.
Rank Gunner.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth 29/1/1907.
Age 91 at the time of his death.
Unit Called up 18/6/1942 and enlisted in the General Staff Corps. Underwent Basic Training at a Preliminary Training Centre. Transferred to the Royal Artillery. Posted to a Training Regiment - details not yet available. Various postings yet to be identified. Posted to the Royal Artillery Depot 19/3/1944. Posted to 54 Regimental Holding Unit 11/5/1944. Served Normandy. Posted to 185th Field Regiment 3/7/1944. Posted to 46 Regimental Holding Unit 21/12/1944. Posted to 31 Regimental Holding Unit 2/1/1945. Posted to 1st Mountain Regiment 13/5/1945. Served North West Europe. Posted to Draft RABJA 6/11/1945. Posted to 46 Regimental Holding Unit 7/11/1945. Posted to 76th Field Regiment 15/11/1945. Y Release 7/6/1946 - documents processed at York MDU 8/6/1946. Relegated to the ZT Reserve 1/9/1946. Demobilised. Discharged from the Reserve as Overage 1954.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Gunner.
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 Died 19/4/1998 at Holland Road Nursing Home.
Home address Lived at Albert Street, Whittington, Chesterfield, and later at Webster Croft, Whittington. Married Ida Hudson 14/2/1931. Keen gardener and allotment holder, winning local trophies. Worked at Spun Pipe Plant, Staveley Works until his retirement.
Source table
Some of the above information has been extracted from the RA Tracer Card held by Ancestry.co.uk. Thanks are due to George's grandsons for additional information.
