1548338 Gunner Louis Grubb CRUICKSHANK, 4 Maritime Regiment, RA: 03/10/1941

Hello

I am Looking for any information on my grandfather who was in the 4 Maritime A.A Royal Artillery, he died on 03 October 1941 in Argetina and is buried in Buenos Aries (Chacartia) British Cemetary.
His Name is Louis Grubb Cruickshank
Service no is 1548338
DOB 22/12/1905 in Dundee, Scotland.

I have tried emailing the Royal Artillery for information on my grandfather but have not had any response.

Does any body know which ship he was on or any information at all, i only found out about him as i am doing family tree

 

Hello and welcome,

He was a D.E.M.S. gunner and he died while serving on the HARDWICKE GRANGE.

D.E.M.S gunners can be difficult to research.

BUENOS AIRES (CHACARITA) BRITISH CEMETERY, Argentina

CRUICKSHANK, Gunner, LOUIS GRUBB, 1548338, 4 Maritime A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery. 3 October 1941. Age 35. Son of James and Margaret Cruickshank, of Dundee; husband of Sarah Cruickshank, of Dundee. Grave Ref. War Graves Plot. Grave 3. [ss HARDWICKE GRANGE - found drowned in dock]

Regards
Hugh

 

Thank You very much for the information you have supplied.

 

Welcome to the forum apply for his service records link here you need his date of birth and you can use the cert on his CWGC commemoration
Get a copy of military records of service

GUNNER LOUIS GRUBB CRUICKSHANK
Service Number: 1548338
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Artillery

4 Maritime A.A. Regt.

Date of Death
Died 03 October 1941

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at
BUENOS AIRES (CHACARITA) BRITISH CEMETERY

War Graves Plot. Grave 3

• United Kingdom
• Additional Info Son of James and Margaret Cruickshank, of Dundee; husband of Sarah Cruickshank, of Dundee.
• Personal Inscription LOUIS GRUBB, BELOVED HUSBAND OF SARAH LEONARD, DUNDEE, SCOTLAND. R.I.P.
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Thank you for the response you have given me.

 

There is no RA tracer card on the ancestry site for your grandfather, but those for near numbers give a good idea of his enlistment date.
1548331 enlisted 23 Jan 1940
1548333 enlisted 27 Jan 1940
They have 20 & 22 Light Anti Aircraft Regiments as their first units, but thats no certainty thats where your grandfather was posted.

Travers

 

Confirmation of his death while serving as a gunner on HARDWICKE GRANGE.




Nine months later on 12.6.1942, HARDWICKE GRANGE was torpedoed and sunk by U-129 in the North Atlantic.

Regards
Hugh

 

Hi Hugh

where can i get a copy of the 2 bits of information that you have posted, this is great information, thanks for posting this.

Louis.

 

I have a copy of the Deaths at Sea Register for WW2. I have sent you a private message.

Regards
Hugh

 

casualty card. Attestation 1941. and casualty list from Find my past. Casualty card says found drowned in dock.