2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards: Pre-embarkation List, May 1944 No. 1 Squadron, 2 Armoured Irish Guards No. 2 Troop Serial: 69 Vehicle No: 147470 Type of Vehicle: Sherman 233957 Michael Henry CHAINE-NICKSON, 2 Irish Guards Lieutenant, Tp Offr 2719910 R UNWIN, 2 Irish Guards Lance-Corporal, D/Op 2720535 Fred SWALLOW, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, D/Op 2719127 Thomas George CLARKE, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, G/Mech 2722184 H McDERMOTT, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, D/Mech Total Officers: 1 Total Other Ranks: 4
Casualty Guardsman SWALLOW, FRED Service Number 2720535 Died 02/08/1944 Aged 27 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Son of Albert James Swallow and Beatrice Mary Elizabeth Swallow, of Chelmsford, Essex. Commemorated at BAYEUX MEMORIAL Location: Calvados, France Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 12, Column 2.
