85528 Major John Francis Wilton ELLERTON, RA

Hello!
Straight to the case,
Looking for one Major John Francis Wilton Ellerton, of the Royal Artillery. Appears to be apart of the army pre-1939 and ended up post 1952.
Would be obliged for ANY information about him,
Thanks!

 

Looks like him re death


Born 16th April 1920
Died 1988
ELLERTON JOHN FRANCIS W 16AP1920 SALISBURY 23 2031

 

Hi

Service no: 85528.

Wounded in Italy 12/05/44 in an un-named Field Regiment

Source: 1939-1945 Casualty Lists on FMP.

Hope this helps

Gus

 

He appears on: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37635/supplement/3366/data.pdf on 2/7/1946 promotion from Lt. to Capt.

 

I see, I thank you all for this information. I suppose there isn't much else at the bottom of this man.

 

if you wanted to delve further, as you know service records would help you

 

DoB 16/4/1919 commissioned Second Lt. RA 26/1/1939. From: (694) - Army lists > Half-yearly Army lists 1923 - Feb 1950 (From 1947, annual, despite the name) > 1939 > Second half - British Military lists - National Library of Scotland

Substantive Lt. 15/12/1940, Lt. 1/1/1941, acting Captain 10/9/1940-14/12/1940, temp. Captain 15/12/1940. From: (806) - Army lists > Half-yearly Army lists 1923 - Feb 1950 (From 1947, annual, despite the name) > 1941 > Second half - British Military lists - National Library of Scotland

Acting Captain 10/9/1940. From: (722) - Army lists > Half-yearly Army lists 1923 - Feb 1950 (From 1947, annual, despite the name) > 1940 > Second half - British Military lists - National Library of Scotland

 

No, you have begun what may be a long journey. Sometimes and there are several current threads where little was known and help from here advanced knowledge. Service Records will help, notably where and when he was posted to a unit etc.

The other factor to keep in mind is that the Royal Artillery in WW2 was a huge organization, so unless you won a notable medal, e.g. Military Cross, public records online, such as a local newspaper, are rare. Wiki refers to

From: Royal Artillery - Wikipedia

An option is to research him from birth, education, marriage and passing - so, going forwards and backwards.

You may have spotted a more famous John Ellerton was a pre-WW1 composer of the RA's march, which comes back multiple times.

Finally, it helps to disclose what you know now, to stop duplication.

 

Hi

FMP has the following text when searching through their newspapers

"Captain John F. W. Ellerton, R.A., son of F. Eller- ton, R.A., and the late Mrs. Ellerton, of Woodford Green, and Molly Matthews, W.A.A.F., daughter.... "

Supposed to be from 26 November 1941 edition of The Tatler

But when you open the link the wrong page comes up as there is no mention of Capt Ellerton.

Maybe someone else will have more luck

Gus.

 

Hi, I am John Ellerton, son of the above. How may I help.

 

John,

Welcome aboard, the opening post author has not logged on for a month, so I have just sent him a Private Message to return. He may have "flagged" the thread.

David

 

The OP is a schoolboy from “the land down under” (he also posts on GWF) so will likely post later today given the time difference with UK.

steve

 

WHOOPS, I forgot about this!
I never flagged it, so I never get notifications! Also I was at school earlier, racing about all over moving to my dads and so on..

Now, his son eh? Very interesting! I didn't expect that!
I came across Major Ellerton from just getting bored and researching a soldier from the British Army (since I'm more familiar with Australian Records). I usually like to research "Names out of a hat".

I was more or less researching for fun in the end. I found very little on him even if he was a Honorary Lieutenant Colonel (though he was a Major in the Army). I was going to write up a tiny biography on him but I lacked proper materials. I would still be willing to write it up if I can get a photo and/or records concerning Major Ellerton

Anyways, surprised you found this thread but it's nice to know that even his son pays attention.

Sorry if half of it doesn't make sense, it's 7:02PM and I'm exhausted,

Tank.

 

Hi Steve,

I am new to this .... and ignorant too. What is an "OP" and what is "GWF" please?

John

 

Thanks for that. As I said, I am new to this site (although I have in the past read various threads) and I am a bit wary of what sort of information I should contribute to the site, and to Tank too, if you will excuse me writing that Tank. I suppose what I really mean is, should I be worried and/or careful?

Could I start by asking you,Tank, from where did you get my Dad's name, and number for that matter!

I came across your query by idly doing .... yet another ..... google search for "Ellerton Woodford" looking for info on my grandfather who happened to have helped found the Woodford Rugby Football Club 98 years ago. So if Gus had not added that Tatler snippet concerning my Mum and Dad's marriage (which mentioned Woodford) I probably would never have come across this thread.

Gus has also found that he was wounded on 12th May 1944. My Dad was out of the war, but not the army, for the rest of the duration, and he had a stiff leg for the rest of his life. He was serving with 22nd Field Regt, and was the "C.O.'s rep" in charge of all FOOs for the 10th Infantry Brigade's assault at Cassino. He had just crossed over the "Amazon" bridge that the Shiny 7 Sappers had constructed, shortly after the bridge's opening at 5.30 a.m. of 13th May. I think I remember my Dad relating that a mortar bomb blew him into the Rapido river and he was dragged out by, probably, men from 2 Beds Herts.

I am writing all ths simply because bits of this have already been mentioned, and maybe I should add now that I too, live in "the land down under" and have been here since 1969.

John

 

Thank you David.

 

I'm sorry, I may have got that wrong. You may not be David! But thank you, whatever your name.