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

Name: HUTCHINSON, WILLIAM

Rank: Bombardier
Service No: 977380
Date of Death: 01/03/1945
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 151 (The Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Grave Reference: 46. F. 2.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John and Barbara Hutchinson, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire; husband of Euphemia Hutchinson, of Hamilton.​

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Name: JACKSON, WILLIAM HENRY
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 1541867
Date of Death: 10/03/1945
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 55 (The West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Grave Reference: 54. C. 12.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

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Name: JENKINS, GEORGE
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 4928453
Date of Death: 24/03/1945
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 3 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty.
Grave Reference: 37. A. 1.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Sarah Jenkins, of Wednesfield, Staffordshire.

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Name: JOHNSON, EDWARD
Rank: Lance Bombardier
Service No: 14585035
Date of Death: 24/03/1945
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 53 (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) Airlanding Lt. Regt.
Grave Reference: 42. A. 3.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edward and Cecilia Johnson, of Liverpool; husband of Daisy Johnson, of Orrell Park, Liverpool.

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Name: JOHNSON, GORDON ALBERT
Rank: Captain
Service No: 253315
Date of Death: 28/03/1945
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 112 (The West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Grave Reference: 56. E. 8.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edwin and Sarah Ellen Johnson, of Newcastle, Staffordshire; husband of Alma May Johnson.

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Name: JOHNSTON, DAVID BENSON
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 276010
Date of Death: 27/01/1946
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 7 Medium Regt.
Grave Reference: 59. K. 13.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and Bessie Johnston, of Liverpool, husband of Elizabeth Winifred Johnston, of Liverpool.

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Remembered Ystradgynlais War Memorial, South Wales




HOPTON, GWLYM IOWERTH

Rank:

Gunner

Service No:

6404426

Date of Death:

13/05/1945

Age:

30

Regiment/Service:

Royal Artillery



93 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Grave Reference

53. C. 10.

Cemetery

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

Additional Information:
Son of William and Anne Hopton, of Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire.

 

Name: JONES, RICHARD GARFIELD
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Trade: B.S.M.
Service No: 1459038
Date of Death: 24/03/1945
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 4 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty.
Grave Reference: 39. A. 2.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John Norman and Edith Jones, of Bagillt, Flintshire.

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Name: JONES, WILLIAM HENRY
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 901578
Date of Death: 27/09/1945
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 69 (The Denbighshire Yeomanry) Medium Regt.
Grave Reference: 59. G. 13.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Elizabeth Jones, of Bangor, Caernarvonshire.

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Name: JONES, ARTHUR CHARLES
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 4924702
Date of Death: 24/03/1945
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 3 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty.
Grave Reference: 38. C. 11.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Charles Henry and Agnes Emma Jones, of Springfields, Wolverhampton; husband of P. A. Jones.

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Name: JURY, RONALD PHILLIP DELL
Rank: Bombardier
Service No: 997470
Date of Death: 24/03/1945
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 4 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty.
Grave Reference: 38. F. 4.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Emily Jury; husband of Joyce Jury, of Kellybrae, Cornwall.

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Name: KANE, EDWARD
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Trade: B.S.M.
Service No: 1556032
Date of Death: 29/03/1945
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 2 Comp. Lt. A.A./Searchlight Bty.
Grave Reference: 54. C. 8.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Isabella Kane. of Edinburgh.

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Name: KEELER, RONALD ALFRED
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 14204296
Date of Death: 24/03/1945
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 3 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty.
Grave Reference: 54. E. 3.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Alfred Leonard and Emily Elizebeth Keeler, of New Milton, Hampshire.

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Name: KENNING, WILLIAM GEORGE
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 1138330
Date of Death: 14/02/1945
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 59 (6th Bn. The Hampshire Regt.) Anti-Tank Regt.
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Grave Reference: 54. H. 11.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William Thomas Kenning and Alice Mary Kenning, of Wilmcote, Warwickshire.

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Name: KEYES, GEORGE
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 14663906
Date of Death: 03/05/1945
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Grave Reference: 53. D. 5.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John and Martha Keyes, of Glasgow.

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Name: KIRKPATRICK, THOMAS GRANT
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 14596020
Date of Death: 23/03/1945
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 7 Medium Regt.
Grave Reference: 53. D. 15.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and Isabella Kirkpatrick, of Stirling

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Name: KNIGHT, THOMAS SIDNEY
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 1503097
Date of Death: 09/11/1945
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 62 Anti-Tank Regt.
Grave Reference 59. J. 6.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

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Name: KNIGHT, ROBERT AUSTIN
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 14200121
Date of Death: 24/03/1945
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 3 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty.
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Grave Reference: 32. B. 10.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Charles and Elsie M. Knight, of Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire.

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Name: KNOX-PEEBLES, WILLIAM CHARLES
Rank: Major
Service No: 14915
Date of Death: 24/03/1945
Age: 42
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 53 (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) Airlanding Lt. Regt.
Grave Reference: 38. D. 2.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George and Ailne Knox-Peebles; husband of Ann Frances Knox-Peebles.

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Name: LAMB, JOSEPH HENRY
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 1116126
Date of Death: 24/03/1945
Age: 44
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 127 Field Regt.
Grave Reference: 53. E. 15.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of David and Eliza Lamb; husband of Nellie Lamb, of Limehouse, London.

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