ARTHUR G. MILLMAN LUSCOMBE

Gunner 4130473

Arthur George Millman Luscombe was born in 1919, the son of George and Ethel Luscombe of Chudleigh in Devon. At this time there is no further information concerning the family background of this soldier, nor is it known how his name came to be on the Newton Ferrers War Memorial.

What is known is that in October 1944 he was serving with 55 (The Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. This was a Territorial Army regiment which, on landing in Normandy, formed part of 49^th (West Riding) Infantry Division. On 29 October 1944 the division was fighting to capture Roosendaal in southern Holland. Gunner Arthur Luscombe died on this day aged 25, and is remembered with honour in Schoonselhof Cemetery (Plot III.F.6) near Antwerp.