231 Battery R.A.

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Officers of 231 Battery. 67 Medium,

Back row:

1.Second Lieutenant Charles Hubert Edward Simpson. Gun Position Officer (GPO) A Troop. Missing, Cyrenaica 20/06/1942. 1943 P.O.W. Camp number 49, Reggio Nell Emilia, postal mark number 3200

2. Second Lieutenant Gordon Hamilton Eve, (Nicknamed ‘Parson Eaves’). Missing, Cyrenaica 20/06/1942. 30/04/1945 Prisoner of War in German Hands (Germany)

3. Second Lieutenant Douglas Edward T Argent GPO B Troop. Missing, 20/06/1942, Cyrenaica 1943 P.O.W. Camp number 21, Chieti Old Convent, postal mark number 3300 (Italy)

4. Second Lieutenant K.A. Lowe. (Nicknamed ‘Laddie)

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7. Lieutenant George? King

8. Lieutenant Peter Lilly, Duty Subaltern A Troop

Front row:

1.  Captain W. B. Paxton, Troop Commander B Troop, French Interpreter (2nd Class)

2. Captain Thomas Henry Wale, Battery Captain Missing, 20/06/1942. Prisoner of War (died on 18^th November 1945 aged 46 years and is buried at St Edmunds Church Southwold)

3. Major H. R. Brewster, Battery Commander. Missing, Cyrenaica 20/06/1942. 1943 P.O.W.

4. Captain C.H. Wright, Troop Commander A Troop. 30/05/1942 Wounded. Middle East – Western Desert

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