1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - North Africa, Missing Personnel file Believed dead STATEMENT BY No. 2717213 Lance-Sergeant McCLOSKEY, 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS on the death of No. 2720441 Guardman VARE, R., 1bn IRISH GUARDS On 29 April 1943 I found the body of Guardsman VARE on HILL 212. I recognised this Guardsman as he was in my Company. The body was still on the Hill when the Company was relieved. This Guardsman was definitely dead, as I turned his body over. Signed Lance-Sergeant G. McCLOSKEY, H.Q. Company, 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS Field, 7 May 1943
Casualty Guardsman VARE, REGINALD Service Number 2720441 Died 30/04/1943 Aged 23 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of James and Bertha Vare, of Bollington, Cheshire. INSCRIPTION: IN HEAVENLY LOVE ABIDING HIS SOUL SHALL KNOW NO FEAR Buried at MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY Location: Tunisia Cemetery/memorial reference: III. E. 17. See cemetery plan