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6th Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery
6th Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery was established in March 1943 by the reorganisation of the Maritime Royal Artillery, which had been formed on the 1st of November 1942 by renaming the Maritime Anti-Aircraft Royal Artillery, which had previously been formed from the Bren Gun Scheme, Port Gunners and Coastal Shuttle Service on the 6th of May 1941. On 3rd of September 1939 Germany had declared that all British merchant vessels would be treated as warships, in response the ships had been armed and these guns manned by gunners of the Royal Navy and Royal Artillery. The HQ of 5th Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery was at Thornbury and they were designated to protect shipping in the Severn area, sailing on all types of vessels.
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Bmbdr. William George Buse 6th Maritime A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery William Buse served with the 6th Maritime A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, I found his grave in Higher Cemetery Exeter.
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Gnr. John Edward Brunner 6th Maritime Regiment Royal Artillery (d.5th May 1943) Johnny Brunner died aged 23, whilst serving as a gunner on MV Bonde in convoy ONS5, which left Liverpool to sail across the Atlantic. The convoy was attacked by over 40 U boats, and lost 13 ships.
The Bonde was torpedoed on 5th May 1943 by U266 commanded by Ralf Von Jessen, which was subsequently sunk in the Bay of Biscay with no survivors from it's 47 crew.
The attack on this convoy marked a turning point in the battle for the Atlantic.
Memorial inscriptions of the crew are at Bromley, Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth.
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