Stanley Marshall service no 1514920 158th Field Reg RA

Amended Timeline. Changes and additions marked by *

Enlisted into Royal Artillery 30.09.1939

Posted to 51st Anti-tank training Regiment Gunner 01.11.1939

Posted to 14th Medium Regiment RA (Beds & Herts) 20.03.1940

Posted 54th Anti-Aircraft AA 06.04.1940

Posted to 54th Antitank Regiment Gunner 14.04.1940

Posted to 216 BTY 25.05.1940

Posted to Royal Artillery Depot Gunner 19.12.1940

Posted RHO 57th Field Regiment B BTY 05.03.1940

Posted To 158th Field Regiment 20.04.1941 (???)

Posted to 158th Field Regiment P BTY Gunner/Fitter 29.04.1940 India

Granted Leave with (MRRA)* Malaria From 28/11/1942 to 11/12/1942 (Madrassi Regt RA)*

Posted to No 3 AATC (Anti-Aircraft Training Centre) 1/02/1943 Mehgaon* Jabalpur

Posted to 8th Indian Field Regiment 1 BTY 29.03.1943 Peshawar

Posted to 1st Ind Med Regt X List 20.01.1945 X List designation not specified *

(V) R.A Pending repatriation to UK/ relinquishes P/L/Sge to W/BDR
Post Lance Sergeant to Wartime Bombardier *

Embarkation booked S.S 60-Q for UK Bombay 04.02.1945

Posted to 14Th Medium Regt 31.05.1945

Posted Home 31.05.1945

Posted to RA JJJ Home 02.09.1945 RA JJJ = Draft Code*

Embark UK for BAOR 01.09.1945

TOS X iv List 45 RHU NWE 04.09.1945 Taken Off Strength Xiv*
Xiv = Holding unit RHU NWE = Reserve Holding Unit North West Europe*

From Draft RAJJJ

25 Field , TOS from 45 RHLL XIV 15.09.1945 Taken On Strength Reserve Holding Unit *

Promoted Va/Sgt 01.06.1946

SOS this unit Posted to x (vIII) en route UK for Class B Red 10.01.1946 Struck Off Strength*

EMB NWE for UK and SOS x (Vlila) List and BAOR on class A release 14.01.1946
Embarked for UK and Struck Off Strength BAOR British Army Of The Rhine*

 

Madrassi Regt RA
It seems that he transferred to a Madrassi Regiment but there is no supporting paperwork for this
or his time in hospital which would have ensued with Malaria.
Medical records are subject to 100 years confidentiality so unlikely to be made available.

Madras Army - Wikipedia

10th Indian HAA Regiment
This thread explains a number of points in your current thread.
The Posting by Rothy explains in the text, some detail about the Madrassi and 3 AATC.

 

Uncle Target, It's just at the moment I'm waiting further treatment for an ongoing spinal condition and i can't sit very long in certain places( The PC) so it's very frustrating for me Please , please don't apologise i appreciate everyone's time and help! .
I am going over and over in my head the little snippets my Dad may have mentioned when i was a girl unfortunately any photos and my dads army pay book were lost when my parents both passed away in mid 1980's.
Thank you all for your expertise.

 

There was no such thing as the Madrassi Regt RA and you don't go on leave with malaria. I think you need to look at that line again.

 

I have gone as far as I can. I have been hoping for the assistance of someone with experience of the war in India/Burma.
The documents are posted at the beginning of the thread. #10 and #14.
They are not what I expected to see in a British Army Service Record.
Perhaps you might read through them and be of assistance to the lady who is making the enquiry.
After all we are all I believe here to help people when we can.

Thank you in anticipation of your knowledge and assistance.

 

Uncle Target thank you for your time and assistance.

 

Charpoy Chindit, apologies in my limited knowledge i thought the abbreviation on my Dads service record was MRRA could it be LRRA ?

 

I haven’t followed this topic closely but the LRRA acronym often means Lower Rate Ration Allowance - a daily meal allowance usually paid to men who were on leave away from free army catering.

Steve

 

Don't forget the excellent website: Royal Artillery in World War 2 - The Royal Artillery 1939-45 can help with each battery / regiment identified in the British Army.

Is it possible after a bout of malaria he was given a period of leave? A friend living in South Asia was confined to her home, but was not really fit enough for normal work for sometime afterwards.

 

Yes, it is LRRA.
I can't see a reference to malaria; have I missed something?

 

It is in Post 21 (above):

 

No, I didn't miss that post - if you check the relevant scan you'll see that it is an error. LRRA not MRRA and no mention of malaria or the non-existant 'Madrassi Regt RA'.

 

At last the error has been found thanks to Jitter Party.
I must confess to missing it as I became confused flicking from downloads to the original thread so used the transcription in #10 as it seemed ok.
All my fault.

I found the Madrassi Artillery on Wiki (see #22 10th Indian HAA It made clear what 3 AATC was. ) not the best of sources but I was trying to maintain the thread in view on
New Posts
Waiting until someone more knowledgeable came along.

Perhaps I should leave these enquiries to others and not worry if they disappear, or never get resolved.

Time to go methinks but I inevitably drift back. Sad old Git!

 

“Granted leave from 28/11/42 to 11/12/1942 with LRRA”.
As the period of leave is over 72 hours LRRA denotes Leave Rate Ration Allowance.

Some definitions of the various Ration Allowances from Vade-Mecum on Administration, 125th OCTU RA, July 1941.

 

Many thanks Richard.