996745 Gnr Glyn EVANS, Royal Artillery

Hi
Recently i received my fathers service records from WWII. I am trying to research through his records to find a possible trail of where he was posted through the time of the war. So far I have come up with this information.
15th August 1940 Enlisted.
16th of August to the 9th of September 1940, my father trained with the 16th Field Regiment Royal Artillery,
Posted From the, 09.09.1940 - 15.10.1940.
From the 9th of September 1940 Glyn moved to the 362 Coastal Battery at Brixham in the County of Devon.
On the 20th of September 1940 Number 362 Battery Royal Artillery arrived in Brixham. The main armament was 4.7-inch guns designed by Vickers Armstrong with a range of 6 miles.

Posted from the (15.10.1940 – 13.05.1942).
395 Coast Battery was a two-gun coastal battery that was built in the early stages of World War II to defend St Ives Bay. The 395 Battery of the 523 Coast Regiment manned the battery.

Posted from the (13.06.1942– 10.09.1942).
555 Coastal Regiment at Honiton, Devon.

Posted from the (10.09.1942– 21.01.1943).
567 Coastal Regiment at Rame, Devon.

Posted from the (21.01.1943– 23.12.1943).
556 Coastal Regiment at Torquay, Devon

Posted from the 23.12.1943 – 29.03.1946
60th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
(16th June 1944 in NWE France until 19.06.1946

Posted from the ( 29.03.1946 – 20.06.1946). X LIST IB BAOR
X List (regular soldiers absent from their regular units for various reasons), IB (Infantry Brigade), BAOR (British Army on the Rhine)

Posted 20.06.1946
Y List 7A

Posted 09.09.1946
Class Z (T) Res (Discharged)

Any additional information would be much appreciated.

 

Jasper,

Welcome. I recommend you check each unit on: Royal Artillery in World War 2 - The Royal Artillery 1939-45 and New website - britisharmyingermany.com each is the work of members here.

The RA became a corps with a million plus members, so individuals rarely appear in online research - unless they got a medal, wounded and died.

An online search with for e.g. "XXth Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment" site:ww2talk.com should identify threads here. You can try by dropping the 'th' and use "HAA" instead. I did this search sometime ago and found: There is very little on XX / XXth HAA and nowt on 194 Battery.

You could add the service records (each sheet probably at a time, details on PM next) for the experts to add what they can.

Please add your subject's full name and service number here. We often have new members arrive having encountered the site in their online searching.

 

A minor point. No great expert on the RA but your interpretation of XIB feels off. I'd look at whether something like X(i)(b) makes sense.

I thought I had seen such a reference in the X List thread but can't seem to find it now.

 

Welcome to the forum.
Linked below are some references for War diaries possibly relevant to your father's dates of service, held at TNA, Kew:

ROYAL ARTILLERY: FIELD REGIMENTS: 16 Field Regiment. | The National Archives
Reference: WO 166/1472
Description: ROYAL ARTILLERY: FIELD REGIMENTS: 16 Field Regiment.
Date: 1940 July- 1941 Dec.


ROYAL ARTILLERY: COAST BATTERIES: 395 Coast Battery. | The National Archives
Reference: WO 166/1857
Description: ROYAL ARTILLERY: COAST BATTERIES: 395 Coast Battery.
Date: 1940 Aug.- Sept.

ROYAL ARTILLERY: COAST REGIMENTS: 523 Coast Regiment. | The National Archives
Reference: WO 166/1725
Description: ROYAL ARTILLERY: COAST REGIMENTS: 523 Coast Regiment.
Date: 1940 Jan.- 1941 Dec.


60th Heavy Regt. R.A. | The National Archives
Reference: WO 166/13611
Description: 60th Heavy Regt. R.A.
Date: 1943 June-Dec


60 Regt. | The National Archives
Reference: WO 171/4906
Description: 60 Regt. [HAA, RA]
Date: 1945 Jan.- Dec.

60 H.A.A. Regt. | The National Archives
Reference: WO 171/9093
Description: 60 H.A.A. Regt.
Date: 1946 Jan.- Mar.

 

X List descriptions vary depending which website you use.

Attached mentions X1(b) many others don't.

Commonwealth forces X List appears to be different to British Army lists which often only go to X(vi)



X lists (Service Records)

'X' Lists 1939 -1945 | ͏

service records | WW2Talk

x list | WW2Talk...

 

Many thanks for the reply.

Thank you for the reply.

 

Further information from my fathers records.

 

Jasper,

Never seen the suffix CR on a Tracer Card. Caveat: my knowledge is limited of tracer cards. I expect it is a basic training course intake / class.

Now looked at the second document and CR is Coast Regiment!

So 16th Field Training Regt,, to 262 Coast Battery, 523 Coast Regt., to 556 Coast Regt. Check them out on: Royal Artillery in World War 2 - The Royal Artillery 1939-45 Derek Barton, the author, has spent time on assembling info on the coastal regiments.

 

Royal Artillery in World War 2 - The Royal Artillery 1939-45

523 (Cornwall) Coast Regiment RA (TA) - The Royal Artillery 1939-45

556 Coast Regiment RA - The Royal Artillery 1939-45

567 (Devon) Coast Regiment RA (TA) - The Royal Artillery 1939-45

60 (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) - The Royal Artillery 1939-45

Coast Battery Locations UK - The Royal Artillery 1939-45

Schools & Training Establishments - The Royal Artillery 1939-45
16 Field Training Regiment, Exeter, Devonshire – disbanded Jul 42

Battery Finder - Batteries 150 - 299 - The Royal Artillery 1939-45
262 Coast Bty 508 Coast Regt Apr 41 - Oct 44 Numbered from B Bty
To care & Maintenance
262 Coast Bty 526 Coast Regt Feb 45 - Jun 45 From 508 Coast Regt
Suspended animation