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94th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
11th Feb 1944 Postings
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Lt. Alexander Aeneas Cameron Macpherson 94th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery Aenaeas Macpherson served with 94th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery from 12th of Feb 1944 and served with them until 19th of July 1944.
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Gnr. Ernest Walter Bright 94th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (d.7th August 1943) Ernest Bright was born on 12th of June 1922. He was the son of Walter and Alice Bright (nee Buss). At birth he was registered as Walter E Bright, along with a twin brother Kenneth W Bright. Kenneth died early in 1923 before he was a year old. Ernest's father Walter served with the 5th Battalion the Essex Regiment in World War One.
Either his birth registration was wrong or Walter Junior soon became known as Ernest, and this became his official name. He was enrolled at Little Dunmow County School on 10th May 1927. The School log book rarely records the names of pupils but young Ernest gets two mentions in his first year:
"22nd June 1927 The boys visited a blacksmiths demonstration. 11.20 The boys returned to school. Ernest Bright sent home with a bad cold."
The log then records a summer of bad colds and whooping coughs affecting attendance figures so that when the school returned in September we read:
"8th Sept 1927 Ernest Bright sent home, as he was sick in school, and was heard whooping."
He remained at Little Dunmow County School until 31st July 1936 when he 14 years old.
He served as Gunner 5836371 with the 94th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.
He was aged 21 when he died on 7th August 1943.
He is remembered on the Rangoon Memorial, which records the names of 27,000 who died in Burma and Assam, many of whom have no known grave.
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Charles Albert "Bisto" Mills 81st Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery  Charles Albert Mills enlisted on the 2nd March 1943 and on the
15th April 1943 joined 50th Anti-Tank Training Regiment RA in Church Streeton. On the 5th July 1943 he was posted to 94th Anti-Tank Regiment RA, Conwy, North Wales and 14th November 1943 was posted as a member of a Draft to North Africa. He was posed on the 15th January 1944. to 81st Anti-Tank Regiment RA
On 22nd January 1944 81st Anti-Tank Regiment RA were part of the assault landing at Salerno, and by the end of the day were established on the Anzio perimeter defence line. The regiment remained in Italy until 25th January 1945 when they embarked at Taranto , landing in Haifa , Palestine on 31st January 1945. Three months later the regiment disbanded. However, I don't think he went to Palestine with them, his tracer card also states he was regularly on the non-effective (X) List [Regimental sick list] and then the main CMF (Italy) sick list, and its during these times when not in hospital that he would get the temporary jobs such as warden in a hostel or as member of mess staff.
The last few details on his card are:
4th March 1947 posted to the Depot RA, Woolwich and
25th July 1947 discharged
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