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Lest we Forget.

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6th Maritime Regt R.A.

HISTORY

I have not found a lot of info on the internet but I did find these links.

http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/page3.html

http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/maritime/index.html

The unit was formed originally at Cardiff but was soon posted to Thornbury s/Glos and was accommodated in the ???

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Although the 6th Maritime Regt R.A. was not a member of the local T.A. army units, the 266th Para [GVA] Bty R.A. [v] Bristol. had the stewardship of the wooden memorial for many years. it is now in the care of Mr Adrian Rose [ex S/sgt] of Thornbury, S/ Glous, nr Bristol.

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Marlwood School, Vattingstone Lane, Thornbury, South Glos. Nr Bristol.

The 1939 war brought a new challenge. The school had lived through a number of wars, both civil and international, but World War II brought the dangers of warfare right onto the doorstep, and pupil safety was a prime consideration. Under the sheltering lip of the quarry, a sandbagged shelter was built, and at the first whine of the siren, pupils and teachers, with gas masks trailing, evacuated the building with military precision. The air raid warning was not always unwelcome. The remote possibility of being hit by a bomb was a small price to pay for escaping from a difficult exam, and, fortunately although there were a number of alerts, the school remained undamaged. Troops temporarily based in the area found the school a friendly host, and football matches were arranged between the soldiers and the school team. At the end of the war, the Maritime Regiment of the R.A. gave a Maritime gun in appreciation of the happy relationship which had existed with the school during the years 1941 — 1945.

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The majority of the servicemen we served were members of the Maritime Regiment, all volunteers, who manned the guns on the merchant ships after they were armed in the second or third year of the war. These volunteers were posted mainly on to the Arctic convoys to Archangel and Murmansk, highly dangerous missions. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/26/a5325626.shtml

From the beginning of the war I worked at the Food Office (Ministry of Food). The Food Executive Officer was Reg Millard, who was also a Councillor and public figure. I was seventeen and acted as secretary See http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/59/a5285559.shtml

Thorns69.pdf

Mr Biddel of Thornbury Grammar School. [ ref page 4]

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This is not a complete list of those who were killed in action or who died from wounds or illness, any details of those who are not listed please,

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Lest we Forget

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Casualties of 6th Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery.

Ref: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY, Iceland

WEEKS, Gunner, GEORGE HERBERT, 6149678, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 4 April 1944. Age 27. Son of Sidney Charles and Minnie Laura Weeks, of Sutton, Surrey; husband of Sophie Elsie Annie Weeks, of Sutton. Grave Ref. C47. 10.

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY, India

HANDLEY, Gunner, JOHN, 14320753, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 9 April 1945. Age 37. Grave Ref. 10. AA. 5.

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY, Italy

WILLIAMS, Lance Bombardier, JOHN MAYNARD, 997356, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 18 January 1945. Age 33. Son of Stanley Maynard Williams and Florence Kate Williams; husband of Frances Winifred Williams, of Bristol. Grave Ref. I. K. 9.

BATH (HAYCOMBE) CEMETERY, United Kingdom

EVEREST, Bombardier, CYRIL JOHN, 1677771, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 1 November 1943. Age 32. Son of Arthur William and Edith Hannah Everest. Grave Ref. Plot 52. Sec. F. Row P. Grave 268.

BIRMINGHAM (YARDLEY) CEMETERY, United Kingdom

WADLOW, Gunner, OLIVER, 1612422, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 15 January 1945. Age 26. Son of Oliver and Esther Wadlow, of Birmingham. Grave Ref. Grave 66128.

EXETER HIGHER CEMETERY, United Kingdom

BUSE, Bombardier, WILLIAM GEORGE, 5615840, 6 Maritime A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery. 16 August 1947. Age 34. Son of William and Frances Buse; husband of Ethel Joan Hobbs Buse, of Exeter. Grave Ref. Sec. C. Row F/5. Grave 12.

FILKINS ( ST . PETER) CHURCH CEMETERY, United Kingdom

PARROTT, Gunner, WILLIAM JOHN, 5576240, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 8 May 1945. Age 34. Son of Arthur James Parrott and Amelia Beatrice Parrott, of Filkins; husband of Ellen Parrott.

FORT PITT MILITARY CEMETERY, United Kingdom

FEARNLEY, Lance Bombardier, ROY, 3655037, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 24 December 1944. Age 22. Son of James and Agnes Fearnley, of Golbome, Lancashire. Grave Ref. Grave 1691.

HALLIWELL (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, United Kingdom

WATSON, Lance Bombardier, SYDNEY, 11267422, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 4 September 1943. Age 37. Son of Thomas and Alma Watson, of Bolton; husband of Mary Louisa Watson, of Bolton. Grave Ref. Sec. N.C. Grave 18.

KENDAL (PARKSIDE) CEMETERY, United Kingdom

GRAHAM, Gunner, THOMAS ERNEST, 1782329, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 20 May 1944. Age 39. Son of William and Emily Graham, of Kendal; husband of Sarah Eleanor Graham, of Kendal. Grave Ref. Sec. D. Uncons. Grave 579A.

LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY, United Kingdom

MORGAN, Gunner, THOMAS, 1567354, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 16 August 1943. Age 31. Son of John and Margaret Morgan, of Liverpool; husband of Jane Morgan. Grave Ref. Sec. 9. R.C. Grave 565.

LIVERPOOL (KIRKDALE) CEMETERY, United Kingdom

BROADWELL, Gunner, RICHARD ROBERT, 1782342, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 8 May 1944. Grave Ref. Sec. 7. Nonconformist. Grave 932.

NEWPORT (ST. WOOLOS) CEMETERY, United Kingdom

DONOVAN, Gunner, HOWELL JOHN, 996738, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 12 July 1946. Age 30. Husband of L. V. Donovan, of Newport. Grave Ref. Block 85. Grave 303.

LENHAM - KENT

CLARK. FRED  L/Bdr 1490162, 6/3 Maritime Regt R.A. , died 4th Nov, 1941 age 41 husband of Daisy Ellen Clark of Lenham Kent.

Commemorated on the Chatham Memorial Chatham Kent. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/Lenham.html

PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, United Kingdom

ANDERSON, Gunner, CHARLES HENRY, 13021157, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 11 March 1943. Age 27. Son of Florence May Anderson, of Reading, Berkshire. Panel 85, Column 1.

BAKER, Gunner, MAURICE, 984055, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 21 October 1944. Panel 93, Column 2.

BARTON, Gunner, WILLIAM, 3782051, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 11 May 1944. Panel 93, Column 2.

BONE, Gunner, DENNIS JESSE, 5500277, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 19 September 1943. Age 21. Son of Jesse and Sybil Bone; husband of Audrey Kathleen Bone, of Fleet, Hampshire. Panel 85, Column 1.

BRUNNER, Gunner, JOHN EDWARD, 3970414, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 5 May 1943. Age 23. Son of John Thomas Brunner and Mary Elizabeth Brunner, of Bromley, Kent. Panel 85, Column 1.

CLARK, Gunner, STANLEY, 4623608, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 10 March 1943. Age 23. Son of John Henry and Alice Clark, of York. Panel 85, Column 1.

CLEGG, Gunner, WILLIAM TAYLOR, 1781241, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 17 March 1943. Age 37. Son of Henry and Nellie Clegg, of Burnley, Lancashire; husband of Hilda Clegg, of Burnley. Panel 85, Column 1.

COPPINS, Gunner, ALBERT JAMES MACDONALD, 6297056, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 11 November 1943. Age 40. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Coppins. Panel 85, Column 1.

CROWTHER, Bombardier, GEORGE, 1808179, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 26 August 1944. Age 32. Panel 93, Column 2.

CRUTCHLEY, Gunner, WILLIAM SAMUEL THOMAS, 4596374, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 21 December 1942. Age 28. Son of William and Amy Crutchley; husband of Elizabeth Amelia Crutchley, of Plumstead, London. Panel 78, Column 1.

DARCH, Gunner, JAMES WILLIAM, 904509, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 9 July 1944. Age 23. Son of Edwin and Matilda Darch, of Thorney, Somerset. Panel 93, Column 2.

DYMOND, Gunner, ALBERT LESLIE, 11276259, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 21 December 1942. Age 32. Son of Samuel John and Alice Maud Dymond; husband of Dorothy Beatrice Dymond, of Cricklewood, Middlesex. Panel 78, Column 1.

EVANS, Bombardier, HUGH GRIFFITHS, 4187969, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 18 August 1944. Age 36. Son of Hugh John and Annie Evans, of Holyhead, Anglesey; husband of Ellen Evans, of Holyhead. Panel 93, Column 2.

FLEET, Gunner, HENRY CHARLES, 1547768, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 4 July 1943. Age 29. Son of William Thomas Fleet and Mary Fleet; husband of Violet May Fleet, of Basingstoke, Hampshire. Panel 85, Column 1.

FORD, Lance Bombardier, SAMUEL SIDNEY, 4864074, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 5 May 1943. Age 20. Panel 84, Column 3.

GEEHAN, Gunner, JOHN, 14273674, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 9 July 1944. Age 20. Panel 93, Column 2.

GIBBS, Lance Bombardier, JOSEPH, 5059095, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 11 April 1943. Age 33. Son of William and Sarah Gibbs; husband of Elsie Gibbs, of Stoke-on-Trent. Panel 84, Column 3.

HAIGH, Gunner, CHARLES ALBERT, 11424819, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 29 July 1943. Age 20. Panel 85, Column 1.

HARRIS, Gunner, DAVID, 3907525, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 21 June 1943. Age 35. Son of Thomas and Gwenllian Harris, of Blaengarw, Glamorgan. Panel 85, Column 1.

HILTON, Gunner, ALAN VICTOR REGINALD, 14204227, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 26 August 1944. Age 21. Son of Frank and Rhoda Elizabeth Hilton; husband of Peggy Pauline Maud Hilton, of East Preston, Sussex. Panel 93, Column 2.

HUGHES, Gunner, FREDERICK ALBERT, 14273259, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 16 March 1944. Age 20. Son of Victor Albert and Germaine Emilienne Hughes, of Paisley, Renfrewshire. Panel 93, Column 2.

HUXTABLE, Gunner, WILLIAM CHARLES, 1814524, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 15 September 1943. Age 37. Son of William and Annie Huxtable; husband of Dorothy Beatrice Huxtable, of Exeter. Panel 85, Column 1. [Lynton War Memorial]

JONES, Gunner, EDWARD, 11416169, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 8 March 1943. Age 20. Son of John Harrison Jones and Mary Mason Jones, of Tyldesley, Lancashire. Panel 85, Column 1.

JONES, Bombardier, JOHN PATRICK, 3386161, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 9 July 1944. Age 24. Son of Tom and Mary Jones; husband of Kathleen Jones, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Panel 93, Column 2.

KEAST, Gunner, FRANCIS JOHN, 1523723, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 3 December 1943. Age 26. Son of James and Edith Maud Keast, of Boconnoc, Cornwall. Panel 85, Column 1.

KENYON, Gunner, FREDERICK, 3388351, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 17 August 1943. Age 28. Panel 85, Column 1.

LEACH, Gunner, LEONARD ALEXANDER, 6297100, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 26 July 1943. Age 34. Son of William Thomas Leach and Caroline Leach; husband of Florance Ruth Leach, of Plumstead, London. Panel 85, Column 1.

LEBBY, Bombardier, FREDERICK JOHN, 1689610, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. Died ashore 25 January 1944. Panel 104.

LONG, Gunner, RONALD CHARLES, 11416131, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 8 March 1943. Age 21. Son of Samuel and Rose Emma Long. Panel 85, Column 1.

LOVE, Gunner, JOHN WALTER, 11276386, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 21 December 1942. Age 20. Son of William H. and Ada E. Love, of Deal, Kent. Panel 78, Column 1.

 MALLEN, Gunner, FREDERICK JOHN, 1706530, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 8 April 1943. Age 22. Son of John and Annie Mallen, of Hednesford, Staffordshire. Panel 85, Column 1.

MATTHEWS, Lance Bombardier, GEORGE ERNEST, 13021317, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 11 March 1943. Age 27. Son of Ernest and Matilda Mary Matthews, of Wantage, Berkshire. Panel 84, Column 3.

MILLS, Gunner, ALFRED EDWARD, 3454111, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 21 June 1943. Age 27. Son of William Edward and Mary Mills; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Alice Mills, of Davyhulme, Lancashire. Panel 85, Column 1.

MITCHELL, Bombardier, HORACE HARRY, 4755320, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 5 May 1943. Panel 84, Column 3.

NEWMAN, Gunner, PERCY ARTHUR, 14280578, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 19 September 1943. Panel 85, Column 1.

NEWMAN, Gunner, WILLIAM CHARLES, 3971951, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 19 September 1943. Age 28. Son of William E. Newman, and of Annie E. Newman, of Ilford, Essex. Panel 85, Column 1.

OGDEN, Gunner, HARRY, 11263118, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 16 April 1945. Age 44. Son of Robert and Martha Hannah Ogden; husband of Ada Ogden, of Castleton, Lancashire. Panel 96, Column 1.

OWEN, Lance Bombardier, JAMES WILLIAM, 6148848, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 29 July 1943. Panel 84, Column 3.

PERRYMAN, Lance Bombardier, DOUGLAS HENRY, 1595316, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 26 March 1945. Age 24. Son of Richard Henry and Maud Perryman. Panel 96, Column 1.

PRAGNELL, Bombardier, PETER JOHN, 6106668, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 19 July 1944. Age 21. Son of Edwin James Pragnell and Doris Evelyn Pragnell, of Godstone, Surrey. Panel 93, Column 2.

PUGH, Gunner, MALDWYN CARRADOC, 985467, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 24 August 1944. Age 31. Son of Hugh and Mary Pugh; husband of Gladys May Pugh, of Cardiff. Panel 93, Column 2.

RICHARDSON, Gunner, NICHOLAS KNIGHT, 1512917, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 21 June 1943. Age 23. Son of Robert Flint Richardson, and of Jane Elizabeth Richardson, of Wendover, Buckinghamshire. Panel 85, Column 1.

ROBERTS, Gunner, THOMAS, 3518353, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 16 March 1944. Age 38. Son of Thomas Edward and Sarah Roberts, husband of Florence Roberts, of Kendal, Westmorland. Panel 93, Column 2.

SOMERVILLE, Gunner, NEIL, 1551915, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 11 April 1945. Age 29. Son of Isobel Somerville; husband of Evelyn Elizabeth Somerville, of Hull. Panel 96, Column 1.

STANTON, Gunner, JAMES THOMAS, 1654790, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 3 December 1943. Age 33. Son of William and Cathrine Stanton, of Newport, Monmouthshire. Panel 85, Column 1.

WILLIAMS, Gunner, FRANK GEORGE, 3967900, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 21 January 1945. Age 29. Son of James Henry and Milly Williams; husband of Catherine Daisy Williams, of Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire. Panel 96, Column 1.

WOMBWELL, Bombardier, JOHN JOSEPH, 1480017, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 13 December 1943. Age 41. Son of John Joseph and Elizabeth Wombwell; husband of Edith Helena Wombwell, of Boston, Lincolnshire. Panel 84, Column 3.

WRIGHT, Gunner, GEORGE FREDERICK JOSEPH, 5346847, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 19 September 1943. Age 23. Son of Francis Joseph and Rosina Eliza Wright. Panel 85, Column 1.

ROCHDALE CREMATORIUM, United Kingdom

WHITE, Gunner, THOMAS, 5947578, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. formerly of, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 9 July 1947. Age 34. Son of Alfred and Ellen White, of Rochdale; husband of Hannah White, of Rochdale. Grave Ref. Panel 7.

SOUTHAMPTON (HOLLYBROOK) CEMETERY, United Kingdom

WAGSTAFF, Gunner, ERNEST CHARLES, 11006255, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 11 December 1944. Age 27. Son of William and Cathrine Wagstaff; husband of Winifred M. Wagstaff, of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Grave Ref. Sec. M. 12. Grave 34.

STOCKPORT BOROUGH CEMETERY, United Kingdom

PRESSON, Lance Bombardier, JAMES, 3777844, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 5 November 1945. Age 39. Son of Charles and Ann Presson, of Stockport; husband of Alice Presson, of Stockport. Grave Ref. Gen. Sec. Grave 3520.

LONG ISLAND NATIONAL CEMETERY, FARMINGDALE, United States of America.

BAXENDALE, Gunner, THOMAS, 4467760, 6 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 26 July 1943. Grave Ref. Post Sec. Grave 25479.

No known Grave.

[lost in S.S. Empire Mica] ref http://homepage.eircom.net/~gordonsteele/themen.html

Smith, L/Bdr, Kenneth Herbert 4807082 6/3 Maritime Regt R.A. who died on Monday 29th June 1942.

Howe, Gunner, David, 5118474 5/3 Maritime Regt R.A. 29th June 1942 age 28. son of David and Caroline Howe; husband of Violet Sarah Louisa Howe, of Chiswick, Middlesex.

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Clevedon, Somerset.

Bray, Ivor. Edw. Harris 5680507  Gnr 5th Maritime A.A., Regt R.A. Jan 1947.  St Andrews, Clevedon. 1497.

Doyle, Lance Bombardier, Patrick 6293700, 5 Maritime Regt. Royal Artillery. 6th April 1945. Age 28. Nephew of James and Mary McDonald, of Preisthaggard, Co, Wexford, Irish republic. IV. B. 19.

Boon, Edward Joseph. 5117091 Gnr 5/3 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. died 17/01/1942. on board the M/T Nyholt Memorial ref 67, 1. commemorated CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL.

Lest we Forget.

References.

Commonwealth War graves Commission [CWGC]    The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

To search for medal entitlement The National Archives Documents Online Refine Browse Criteria

The ship was sunk overnight on 6/7 December 1942. sunk by U. Boat U 515. For the first time, sole survivor Eric Munday tells in full the story of his remarkable rescue by the U-boat and subsequent imprisonment as a POW. Testimonies from some of the crew of U-515 relate the story from the other side.  http://www.bristolgunners.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/6th%20Maritime%20Regt%20R.A..html

 Use this BBC site to read memories of those who joined up and those that stayed behind.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/user/21/u1106421.shtml

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