Remembering Today 21/2/42 Gunner:H.G. Gissing,1653703,49 Bty.48 Lt. A.A. Regt.Royal Artillery

Gunner GISSING, HAROLD GEORGE
Service Number 1653703

Died 21/02/1942

49 Bty., 48 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Royal Artillery
Casualty
Buried at JAKARTA (ANCOL) NETHERLANDS FIELD OF HONOUR

Location: Indonesia
Number of casualties: 59

Cemetery/memorial reference: I. 110-111.

 

Marriages Dec 1905
GISSING Joseph Plomesgate 4a 2092
RICHES Edith Louisa Plomesgate 4a 2092

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
5 Charles Street, Ipswich, Suffolk
NAME DOB OCCUPATION
Edith L Gissing 14 May 1884 Unpaid Domestic Duties
Harold G Gissing 14 Dec 1910 House Decorator
Sorry, this record is officially closed.
Sidney A Smith 27 Apr 1887 Iron Foundry Labourer Heavy Worker
Nadene E (Nadine) Thomas (Cox) 20 Apr 1923 Domestic Servant
Charles Scoging 16 Oct 1872 Master Window Cleaner

NAME: Harold G Gissing
SPOUSE: Vera A M Adams
MARRIAGE: Dec 1933 - Ipswich, Suffolk

4 children

NAME: Vera A M Gissing
SPOUSE: William F Stokes
MARRIAGE: Dec 1951 - Ipswich, Suffolk


Missing:

 

A good book about the 49/48 LAA Battery is 'The Storm at Kalidjati' by Francis Hansen published 2017 and available through Amazon.
Interesting to see from the list of missing, which I have also checked on the Java Rolls are that there were two Gissings in the 49 Battery. Gunner H G Gissing and Gunner C Gissing. Since their Service Nos are 1653703 and 1653702 I would assume (never assume!) that they joined together and were either brothers or cousins. From 'The Storm at Kalidjati' - Gunner C Gissing was wounded on 21 February by an anti-personnel bomb which landed five yards from his gun. He survived the war. I cannot see any referenceto Gunner H G Gissing.
Tim