Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery - Roll of Honour, 1939-47

Name: SUTHERLEY, CLIFFORD
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 55 (The West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 10/04/1942
Service No: 902234
Additional information: Son of Lena Sutherley, of Hazeley Heath, Hartley Witney.
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 54.
Cemetery: ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY

 

Second Lieutenant JOHN McGOWN

109141, 35 Bty., 89 (11th Bn. The Buffs [Royal East Kent Regt.]) Lt. A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery
who died age 35
on 17 May 1940
Son or Andrew and Margaret McGown, of Hendon, Middlesex; husband of Grace Alison McGown.
Remembered with honour
ASTON-ROWANT (SS. PETER AND PAUL) CHURCHYARD

 

6016638 Gunner FREDERICK GEORGE FELTON

328 Bty., 32 (7th Bn. City of London Regt.) Searchlight Regt., Royal Artillery
who died age 22 on 04 March 1944
Son of Frederick and Emily Felton, of Upminster.
Remembered with honour
UPMINSTER (ST. LAURENCE) CHURCHYARD

No explanation for the strange setting of the headstone...

 

Remembered North Mymms,Hertfordshire

Warrant Officer Class I ALFRED CECIL HAMMETT

2044946, Royal Artillery
attd. H.Q. 20th Indian Inf. Bde.
who died age 29
on 09 March 1944

Remembered with honour
RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY

 

Remembered Cranfield,Bedfordshire

Gunner PETER STANLEY EATON

14577148, Royal Artillery
who died age 19
on 25 October 1944
Son of Albert James Eaton and Alice Keziah Eaton, of Cranfield, Bedfordshire.
Remembered with honour
GENT CITY CEMETERY

 

Gunner HENRY THOMAS SHARP

1768057, Royal Artillery
who died age 38
on 29 March 1943
Husband of Edith Florence Sharp, of Henley-on-Thames.
Remembered with honour
HENLEY (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD

 

Name: DOBBING, ALAN
Initials: A Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 154 (The Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 01/06/1942
Service No: 1126099
Additional information: Son of John Alfred and Hannah Elizabeth Dobbing; husband of Isabella Dobbing, of New Herrington.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row 10B. Grave 2.
Cemetery: HERRINGTON (ST. CUTHBERT) CHURCHYARD



Jim

 

Remembered Ystradgynlais,South Wales

Bombardier DOUGLAS HIBBARD

1562805, 34 Lt. A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery
who died age 29
on 27 August 1944
Son of William and Edith Hibbard; husband of Beryl Hibbard, of Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire.
Remembered with honour
BARI WAR CEMETERY

 

Remembered Ystradgynlais,South Wales

Gunner JOSEPH JAMES DAVIES

1492341, 9 Coast Regt., Royal Artillery
who died age 25
on 04 November 1943
Son of Arthur and Margaretta Davies, of Ystradgynlais, Glamorgan.
Remembered with honour
CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY

 

Remembered Ystradgynlais,South Wales

Gunner GWLYM IOWERTH HOPTON

6404426, 93 Lt. A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery
who died age 30
on 13 May 1945
Son of William and Anne Hopton, of Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire.
Remembered with honour
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

 

Lance Bombardier RONALD DOUGLAS THAYRE

151320, 98 H.A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery
who died age 26
on 07 December 1945
Son of Allan and Lilian Thayre, husband of Mildred Doris Thayre, of Henley-on-Thames.
Remembered with honour
HENLEY (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD

 

Remembered Weston Turville,Buckinghamshire

Gunner PETER RALPH WHEELER

1095792, 102 (Northumberland Hussars) Ant-Tank Regt, Royal Artillery
who died age 22
on 03 November 1942
Son of the Revd. Harold William Wheeler, O.B.E., M.A., and Margaret Laura Wheeler, of Weston Turville Rectory, Buckinghamshire.
Remembered with honour
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

 

Had a look at this for PieterF, as the deaths happened after cessation of hostilities.

War Diary page from 126 LAA Regt, RA. Typically understated, with not a lot of information other than the event happened. Explosion at a Munitions dump, unloading German ammunition. Court of enquiry concludes no one to blame.



From the War Diary of 2 Canadian Field Regt, RCA.

Full description of the event and the cause. Booby trapped ammunition. 1 RCA man killed and 4 RA men killed, plus some Dutch Collaborators they were presumably using as labour (number killed not specified).

War Diary page from 2 Canadian Field Regt, RCA about the burial ceremony.



Name: WHEELER, LEONARD SYDNEY GEORGE
Initials: L S G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regt.) Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 20/05/1945
Service No: 14268701
Additional information: Son of Sydney Percival and Alice Maud Wheeler, of Welling, Kent.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 33.
Cemetery: ZWARTEWAAL GENERAL CEMETERY



Name: LOWMAN, PERCY
Initials: P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regt.) Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 20/05/1945
Service No: 14247784
Additional information: Son of William and Ellen Lowman, of Kingswood, Bristol.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 32.
Cemetery: ZWARTEWAAL GENERAL CEMETERY



Name: GROOMBRIDGE, STANLEY HERBERT JAMES
Initials: S H J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regt.) Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 20/05/1945
Service No: 14651007
Additional information: Son of George and Ellen Groombridge; husband of Phyllis Beatrice Groombridge, of Wallington, Surrey.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 31.
Cemetery: ZWARTEWAAL GENERAL CEMETERY



Name: BROWES, HAROLD
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regt.) Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 20/05/1945
Service No: 14259909
Additional information: Son of Ernest and Sarah Browes; husband of Maggie Browes, of Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 30.
Cemetery: ZWARTEWAAL GENERAL CEMETERY



Name: MONK, HENRY MARTIN
Initials: H M
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Lance Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 7 Bty., 2 Field Regt.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 20/05/1945
Service No: K/12078
Additional information: Son of Henry and Bertha Monk; husband of Marjorie Monk, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 29.
Cemetery: ZWARTEWAAL GENERAL CEMETERY



"Rob,

I know he is from the Royal Canadian Artillery, but I did also post his headstone and records, as they all five died at 20 May 1945. I wonder what happened to these men. At 20 May 1945, the war was already over for about two weeks. Zwartewaal was, at the moment of the armistice, far beyond the frontline in German occupied territory. So they can't have died of wounds in a field hospital. Perhaps an accident?"

 

Officer Cadet NORMAN FREDERICK JOHN WARD

1441027, Royal Artillery
who died age 29
on 07 December 1940
Son of Frederick and Mildred Anne Ward; husband of Beryl Mary Ward, of Eastbourne, Sussex.
Remembered with honour
WESTON TURVILLE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

 

Gunner James Muldoon.
2913474,9 Res.Lt.A.A.Regt. Royal Artillery.
Who died between 14 November 1942 and 15 November 1942.
Husband of Isabella Muldoon,of Kirkcudbright.
Remembered with honour.
Kirkcudbright (St.Cuthbert) Old Churchyard. Scotland.

 

Bombardier HAROLD BRIAN WRIGHT

1397273, 11 (Honourable Artillery Coy.) Regt., Royal Horse Artillery
who died
on 13 December 1939

Remembered with honour
HENDON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM

 

SPECIAL MEMORIAL

Name: BILBY, FREDERICK JAMES
Initials: F J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 280 Bty., 87 A.A. Regt.
Date of Death: 09/09/1939
Service No: 1464439
Additional information: Son of Jane Anne Bilby, and stepson of John Thomas Ford, of Birtley.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Spec. Memorial.
Cemetery: HEWORTH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

 

LAWSON, JAMES KIRKPATRICK
Initials: J K Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 284 Bty., 120 H.A.A. Regt.
Age: 41 Date of Death: 19/05/1941
Service No: 1475279
Additional information: Son of James Kirkpatrick Lawson and Eleanor May Lawson, of Felling, Gateshead.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Old Ground.
Cemetery: HEWORTH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD



Name: IRWIN, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 179 Bty., 64 H.A.A. Regt.
Age: 51
Date of Death: 11/12/1941
Service No: 1476000
Additional information: Son of Samuel and Jane Irwin. of Felling, Gateshead; husband of Mary Irwin. of Felling, Gateshead.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: New Yard. Plot F. Grave 437.
Cemetery: HEWORTH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

Name: MOULD, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 6 Survey Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 07/01/1940
Service No: 923742
Additional information: Son of John James Mould and Margaret Jane Mould, of Lobey Hill, Gateshead.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: New Yard. Plot F. Grave 93.
Cemetery: HEWORTH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

 

FORESTER, ALEXANDER
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery Unit Text: 212 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 36
Date of Death: 10/06/1941
Service No: 1780261
Additional information: Son of James and Harriet Forester; husband of Edith Forester, of Pelaw, Gateshead.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: New Yard. Plot C. Grave 7.
Cemetery: HEWORTH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD


SCOTT, PETER
Initials: P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 83 Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 31/10/1941
Service No: 1680611
Additional information: Son of Peter and Sarah Scott, of Felling, Gateshead.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: New Yard. Plot D. Grave 131.
Cemetery: HEWORTH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

 

I've received an enquiry for information from the Director of the Arras Public Library and Archives for any information about the death of the following casualty.

Name: SIMPSON, FRANCIS GEORGE
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Horse Artillery
Unit Text: 4 Regt.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 07/09/1944
Service No: 300140
Awards: M M
Additional information: Son of Francis Edward and Hilda Maud Simpson; husband of Beatrice Maude Simpson, of Southall, Middlesex.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 8. Row A. Grave 26.
Cemetery: FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS

Headstone photo courtesy of Laurentbiblio

Did a look up and found that the Regt were advancing quickly through the area around Arras, crossing several rivers, but there was no mention of the above officer in the war diary daily entries. I checked the Officers Field Return and found an entry which stated:-

7/9/44 - Missing from the line of march. Found drowned on 14/9/44.

Copies of the war diary page for 7/9/44 and field return shown below:-