Can anyone help me. Grandad in Royal Artillery

Thanks Hutt that would be great...

I've just bought the Royal Artillery commemoration book which is a fantastic read...

 

Opps duplicate post?

 

Hi Leehuggy72!
I have now been able to check one of the diaries of the 1st AA Division and there are indeed a number of references to the 54th HAA Regiment and the 160th Battery, one of which I have posted below. They appear to have been part of the 48th AA Brigade and were operating in south east London during the blitz.

Also, there are 2 references in April 1941 to the 160th Bty being moved by my fathers RASC Company but no indication of where to, having said that, quite a few AA battery moves referred to elsewhere in their diaries are recording arrivals and departures to and from training camps.

From the diary of the RASC COMPANIES 902 Anti-Aircraft Company 1940 Mar -1941 Dec on the 10th April 1941
(15.30) Coy H.Q inspected by our new A.D.S.T 1st AA Corps. Col Wilson. He walked round the barracks and spoke to most of the men. He seemed quite satisfied with what he saw. 21 vehicles on personnel moves: 215 Bty moved in from Staines St to Uxbridge: 160 Bty baggage loaded: 208?? & 372 Btys moved out: 154 Bty baggage loaded and troops leave tomorrow.
And on the 11th April 1941
(14.40) 160, 154, 372 Btys moved out in order from Paddington. Visited 154 Bty at Chadwell Heath - all in order. Aveley inspected : very good. Capt Burn inspected Sudbury.

If you can get more exact details of your Grandfathers dates in this and any other units it may be worth getting copies of the relevant Battery and Regiment diaries from Kew. Post the details on the site and someone will be able to help.

Good luck

PS can you post details of the book you mention

 

Good morning,

This week i recieved my Grandads service records.
From what i can make out from the hand written records he was posted to 420th HY AA BTY
Then after a couple of awol's he was transfered to the 140th REG then to the 265th BTY
More awol's then
He embarked to sciliy and arrived 27/8/43 with the 1 HAA REG
then in 10/4/44 he was attached to X(4) RATD then transfered to RA field X(4)(a) RATD

He then went to India (posted to draft RAJPN)
he proceeded to X4(a) list - 50 res,jd.regt Randi

If anyone can throw more light on this info i would be grateful..

 

Nobody...???

 

Hi Owen thanks for replying
I'm not up to speed like you guys on here and deciphering through my Grandads records can be little confusing especially when its written by some office clerks scrawl and in pencil to boot..
Anyway what i was after was,

What was his regiment considering he was in a few.. do you go by the first?
He did his training with the 207th training regiment RA
then 420th battery, then 1st Haa regiment, then posted to X(4) (a) RATD, then 53rd ,then 50 RA res regiment field, then in February 1946 after coming back from india his last post was the 160th Field regiment..

Was X (4) list a reserve list then..?

One of the reasons i am asking is that i have done a shadow medal box with his photo and little info in it and i just want to make it right...

I do appreciate any help..

lee

 

I understand he was in the Royal Artillery mate, I just wondered if he would of used a battery like the 420th as his home battery. as it was his first one after coming out of training...

Or did they not use the different batterys or regiments in the royal artillery like that

 

Thankyou...

regards Lee

 

Lee

Owen is quite correct, your Grandfather's "Home" unit would be the one he was in at the time. Once transferred to another Battery, that was it, you were "Struck Off the Strength" of your original unit and posted onto the strength of their new battery.

Interesting that he went AWOL ouite a few times, it reminds me of a service record I once came across of a gunner who had been court-martialled twice and received many Battery and Commaning Officers punishments and still got his LSGC medal!

Please also bear in mind that like most army units, the RA love an abbreviation! Making it hard for non-gunners to understand what they are talking about, indeed each branch of the Regiment frequently doesn't understand what members of another branch are talking about!

If you have specific queries, please feel free to ask and I will try and explain.

Phil