Pte Arthur Causon was killed at Cassino on 23 Mar 44 whilst serving in 1/4 Essex. He originated from Cirencester which is a long way from Essex so I have been wondering whether he enlisted in his local Regt before, for some operational reason at the time, was moved to 1/4 Essex. Could anyone tell me whether 5193753 is from the Gloustershire Regiment batch of Army Numbers or whether it is from an Essex one? FdeP
see this thread, http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/4837-army-number-block-allocations/ Gloucestershire Regiment 5172001 - 5239000
Hi Frank - The only way to know for sure is via a copy of his service records. I suspect you already know that though
Searched for men on CWGC with numbers close to your man.closest were 5 numbers either way. 1 from 1942 in 159th Regt (10th Glosters) RAC 5193758 http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2451382/GILES,%20IVOR%20C 1 from 1944 2 Lincs 5193748 http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2081288/CANNINGS,%20FRANCIS%20CHARLES
