Pte. Herbert Victor Sharman
Army Service No. 5337291
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Called
To Colours:
1st September 1939.
Enlisted:
T.A. The Royal Berkshire Regiment
Posted to 5th (Hackney) Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Attested and Posted 6th April 1939, age 21.
Attached to 163rd Inf Bde H.Q. 26th August 1940.
Regiment:
B Company, 2nd Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Under the command of Colonel John Hill.
Other
information:
With the 5th
R. Berks, proceeded to draft R.A.W.Y.K.
No 41 I.T.C, Walberswick, Suffolk, 19th January 1942.
Posted to WE less attached No 41 ITC assembling for draft 21st January 1942.
Posted to draft R.A.W.Y.K. 11th February 1942.
Embarked:
Embarked for O/S draft R.A.W.Y.K. 11th February 1942.
With the 2nd, posted to Bombay, 11th April 1942.
Disembarked India to 2nd Bn 11th April 1942.
Postings:
Posted to ‘X’ list (ii) Bombay 12th June 1942.
Posted from ‘X’ list (ii) Bombay 13th July 1942.
Posted to X List II 12th October 1942
Admitted MO 38 B.G.H. 12th October 1942.
To ‘X’ List (ii) wef 12th October 1942 India.
Discharged Hosp to 25 Rtu Camp from X list, India 20th November 1942.
Posted to 2nd Bn. & S.O.S. ‘X’ list (iv) India 9th December
1942.
Specialist Training:
Stretcher Bearer
26th February 1943.
Attended sanitation coarse at army school of hygiene, from 16th July 1944
to 29th July 1944.
Leave:
Proceeded to H.B.T.D. Deolali (Python)
SOS 2 R/Berks to X(VIII( (a)
India Command. Place, field 9th August 1945.
Embarkation:
Embarked Rangoon (Python) for U.K. and
S.O.S.
India Command 16th September 1945.
Disembarked Birkenhead (S.E.A.C.) to No 17 Holding Bn.
Returned to UK on grounds Long
Service 13th October 1945.
Testimonial:
4 yrs overseas in India and
Burma with 2nd Battalion.
An excellent man, has experience in plumbing, decorating and bricklaying. Reading
7th January 1946 17 Holding Bn.
Returned Home:
To his mother & father at
152 Grantley Street, Mile End, London. E.1.
Pte. Herbert Victor Sharman
Pte. Herbert Victor Sharman
Training camp.
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