John Henry “Harry” Gravil
Lance Corporal · #T153906 · Heavy Section · MID
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
|---|---|
| Service number | #T153906 |
| Patrol | Heavy Section |
| Regiment | Royal Army Service Corps |
| Known as | “Harry” |
| Died | 1943-01-15 |
| Honours | MID |
| POW / KIA | Killed in action — 15 Jan 1943 (with Capt P. Arnold) |
What this roll records
CWGC: Driver John Henry Gravil, service no. T/153906, Royal Army Service Corps and Long Range Desert Group. Died 15 January 1943, aged 27. Buried at Tripoli War Cemetery, grave 7.F.19, Libya. Son of Fred and Maria Gravil. (CWGC lists him as 'Driver', an R.A.S.C. trade appointment rather than a rank; his rank was Lance Corporal, MID.) Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): HS driver
Honours added from LRDG Honours & Awards list (Middle East 1940–43): MID. Source: W.B. Kennedy-Shaw, “Long Range Desert Group” (original honours & awards list, comp. D. Buxton).
He lies beside Capt Philip Arnold (grave 7.F.20), with whom he was killed.
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
- AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
This page is part of the Long Range Desert Group roll of members at lrdgarchive.org. If you hold rights to anything on it and would like it credited differently, or taken down, please see Sources and Copyright. It will be dealt with promptly.
Not By Strength But By Guile