9th Medium Regiment RA (8 Buffs)
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Roll of Honour

8th Battalion, 'The Buffs'
Pte. G.S. AUSTEN, 6294464, 16th November 1940. Age 27.

Pte. W.C.M.BARRIER, 6106947, 19th November 1940. Age 33.

Pte. A.S. CHRISTIANSEN, 6298646, 26th May 1942.

Pte W.J. CURTIS, 6354984, 26th November 1942. Age 20.

Pte. R DODGE, 6296187, 19th May 1941. Age 29.

L/Cpl. R.M. GABBATIS, 6290106, 27th January 1942. Age 24.

Pte. J.P. SULLIVAN, 6295762, 16th December, 1940. Age 27.

9th Medium Regiment R.A.
Gnr. C.J. ALDRIDGE, 6295522, 17th November 1944. Age 30.

L/Bdr. J.H. ASHDOWN, 14598767, 2nd August 1944. Age 36.

Gnr. A.A. HEAP, 14598767, 14th August 1944. Age 35.

L. Bdr. L.C. HORTON, 6103247, 2nd August 1944. Age 26.

Bdr. L.R. MEREDITH, 852462, 2nd August 1944. Age 25.

Lt. J.C. MOORE, 27th February 1945. Age 33.

Gnr. A.C. OAKLEY, 5510094, 2nd August 1944. Age 22.

Gnr. J. O'TOOLE, 6294527, 26th June, 1943. Age 21.

L/Bdr. PARKER, 6295704, 23rd November1945. Age 31.

Bdr. D.A.  RICKSON, 1075143, 29th July 1944. Age 33.

Sgt. E.H. SAMPSON, 6294356,  11th April 194. Age 32.

Gnr. C.H.SHIPLEY, 14301825, 2nd August 1944. Age 20.

Bdr. G.C. TRIBE, 6293625, 2nd August 1944. Age 24.

Sgr. A.G.E Warner, 14353494, 21st July 1944. Age 33.

Gnr. F.B. WHITE, 6412126, 31st October 1944. Age 22

In North West Europe fatalities were caused by prematures (explosion of shell in or near gun itself), mines, enemy shelling and accidents. This is typical of medium regiments serving in this theatre. 

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Ranville Cemetery, Normandy. This is how it looked in August 1944 with wooden crosses. All but one of the Regiment's dead from the Normandy campaign rest here.
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  • Home
  • 8th Buffs
  • Training Boston
  • Photographs: North West Europe '44-'45
  • Photographs: personalities
  • Roll of Honour
  • Wounded
  • Photographs: Then and Now
  • Normandy
  • An appeal
  • Operation Vitality
  • Operation Vitality (9th Medium War Diary)
  • W213 Bunker
  • Weert Then and Now
  • A Sad Accident
  • Winterswijk Liberation
  • Uniform and dress in action 44-45
  • Nominal Roll
  • Tank Busters
  • RA Tracer Cards
  • Honours and Awards
  • Battles