113th LAA – 369 Battery HQ

113th LAA – 369 Battery HQ. Fabulous photo taken – or printed in  Northampton. Perhaps therefore dates to May/June 1944.

Note. Somewhere the numbering/order goes astray.
Front row is correct, with names/ranks and know faces being able to ensure the names and number match. Until we have some names and faces confirmed from the back two rows we cannot be 100% accurate with the corresponding list below:

Back Row
1 Gunner Jenkins
2 Gunner Trigg
3 Gunner Fox
4 Gunner Flay
5 Gunner Knight
6 Gunner Critchlow
7 Gunner Sennett
8 Gunner Gibson
Middle Row
9 L/Bdr Rodinson
10 Gunner Middlemass
11 L/Bdr Raffan
12 L/Bdr Hudson
13 L/Bdr Lloyd
14 Gunner Holloway. Injured J Holloway. 23rd July, 1944 Benouville.
15 Gunner Crisp
16 Gunner Wilson
17 Bdr Kirby. Kirby was killed On Active Service 3rd June 1944 in Northampton, immediately prior to going to Normandy. Number match TBC.
Front Row
18 Sgt Radnor
19 Sgt Warmer
18/19/20 we are not sure
21 B.S.M Sanderson (is correct). Injured J. W. Sanderson. 23rd July, 1944 Benouville. Mentioned in Despatches.
22 Capt. Blackbell (is correct)
23 Major Trofinoff (is correct)
24 Lt. John Ross (is correct). Padre. Awarded MBE.
25 B.Q.M.S Wiggins
26 Sgt. Keir
27 Pte Hyland

369 Battery HQ. 113th LAA.

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