2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards: Pre-embarkation List, May 1944 No. 1 Squadron, 2 Armoured Irish Guards No. 2 Troop Serial: 70 Vehicle No: 212283 Type of Vehicle: Sherman 2719937 Martin Holmes BRENNAN, 2 Irish Guards Serjeant, Tp Sjt 2722984 Thomas GERRARD, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, D/Op 2723035 W WINGROVE, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, G/Op 2721254 John STANSFIELD, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, G/Mech 1431437 A BURROWS, 2 Irish Guards Lance-Corporal, D/Mech Total Officers: Total Other Ranks: 5
Casualty Guardsman STANSFIELD, JOHN Service Number 2721254 Died 04/08/1944 Aged 33 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Son of Nathan and Emma Stansfield; husband of Margaret Stansfield, of Bredbury, Cheshire. INSCRIPTION: IN MEMORY'S GARDEN WE MEET EVERY DAY Buried at ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY Location: Calvados, France Cemetery/memorial reference: Coll. grave III. G. 3-12. See cemetery plan