Guardsman Anthony Sidney George Titcome, 3 Coldstream Guards.

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  1. vitellino

    vitellino Senior Member

    Hello everybody,

    Does anyone know the circumstances of the death of 2661159 Guardsman Titcombe? Registered as a POW on 21 September 1942 in PG 65 Gravina in Puglia, transferred on 25 May 1943 to PG 145 at Campotosto/ Montorio al Vomano in the province of Teramo, he walked out of the camp on 16 September, and together with CSM Tubb he reached the Allied lines.

    I presume that at some stage he must have rejoined his regiment, as he appears to have been killed on 18 June 1944 and is remembered on the Brookwood Memorial. If I am correct, on that date 3 Coldstream Guards (6 South African Armoured Division) were to the south of Chiusi on the approach to the Trasimene Line.

    Thanks,

    Vitellino
     
  2. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Hi,
    Guardsman Titcombe was killed at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks on 18th June 1944, as a result of V1 bomb (124 people killed, more than 100 injured) He's not on the memorial at Brookwood but buried in the Military Cemetery there.

    Fatalities acknowledged in 5th Bn Coldstream Guards' newsletter, dated 10/7/44
    War Diary: 5th Battalion COLDSTREAM GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1944


    Casualty
    Guardsman TITCOMBE, ANTHONY SIDNEY GEORGE
    Service Number 2661159
    Died 18/06/1944
    Aged 37
    Coldstream Guards
    Son of George and Ellen Titcombe; husband of Gertrude Maud Titcombe, of West Brompton, London.
    INSCRIPTION: YET ANON MUST WE SUFFER LOSS, LEARNING NOUGHT FROM THE GROWING MOSS
    Buried at BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
    Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
    Cemetery/memorial reference: 33A. B. 11.

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  3. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    For info - if required

    England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
    Name: Anthony S G Titcombe
    Death Age: 37
    Birth Date: abt 1907
    Registration Date: Apr 1944
    [May 1944]
    [Jun 1944]
    Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
    Registration district: Westminster
    Inferred County: London
    Volume: 1a
    Page: 394

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  4. vitellino

    vitellino Senior Member

    Thank you.
     
  5. BarbaraWT

    BarbaraWT Member

    So sad. Anthony Titcombe RIP. Never to be forgotten.
     

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