6516173 Gunner Albert William SEVILLE, 53rd London Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery: 13/04/1946

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SEVILLE, ALBERT WILLIAM
Rank:Gunner
Service No: 6516173
Date of Death: 13/04/1946
Regiment/Service:Royal Artillery 53 Medium Regt.
Grave Reference: Screen Wall. Square 300. Grave 67959.
Cemetery: CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM, MANOR PARK
Additional Information: Son of Frank Edgar and Emma Rosetta Seville; husband of Sarah Rose Seville, of Finsbury, London.

 

he was my great uncle have you any more information on him as i have got no idea on his service history

 

Joe, Firstly if you wish to research anyone's history in the forces you should start by obtaining their records, this will give you details of their service.
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Albert's death was 13 April 1946 and his death is recorded in the civil registers, you could send off for his death certificate. The details are:
First name(s) ALBERT W
Last name SEVILLE
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1909
Age 37
Death quarter 2
Death year 1946
District London City
County London
Volume 1C
Page 2
Country England

The CWGC site has the following comment:
"Many of the soldiers buried here died in Bethnal Green Military Hospital. The Screen Wall at the back of the War Graves Plot commemorates by name those buried in the plot or in graves elsewhere in the cemetery which could not be marked by headstones and those who were cremated in the City of London Crematorium."
Cemetery

 

Photo I took in 2010. Send a message to Kbak, as he was researching about 53 Medium Regiment. We met at Kew if I recall. Another member (Rob Dickers) was also interested in Medium Regiments.

Here is a web blog:- 53rd (London) Medium Regiment RA TA

 

Joe

The blog 53rd (London) Medium Regiment RA TA not 100% correct post VE Day, 3 AGRA were still in Hamburg 25 Jun 45 and on arrival from 4 AGRA the regiment was stationed in Hamburg-Othmarschen, the move to Wattenscheid west of Bochum was 12 Jul 45, suspended animation for the regiment was 1 Mar 46, details taken from 3 AGRA Kew documentation do not have documentation for the regiment

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