2721689 Henry HAYMAN, MM, 1 Irish Guards

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    Name Hayman, Henry
    Rank: Guardsman
    Service No: 2721689
    Regiment: 1 Battalion Irish Guards
    Theatre of Combat or Operation: North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)
    Award: Military Medal
    Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 23 September 1943
    Date 1943-1944
    Catalogue reference WO 373/2


    24th Brigade, 1st British Division, 5th Corps
    2721689 Guardsman Henry HAYMAN, 1st Bn IRISH GUARDS

    Attack & Occupation of Point 212 & 214, April 27 to May 1st [1943]

    This Guardsman kept the 18 set, the Force’s sole link with the outside world in working order and manned it the whole time. His relief and great friend, *Guardsman VARE, was killed practically on top of him but he carried on work with the greatest efficiency and calm throughout an inferno of noise and smoke.

    The aerial of the set made him a natural target for artillery, mortars, machine guns and snipers, and he had an inconceivable number of near misses but he never once failed in his duty and preserved an admirable calm, when any mistake or understandable distraction on his part would have meant loss of contact with the Commanding Officer and the virtual loss of our Artillery and other supporting arms.

    The part I consider was even harder than that of the other men for they at least had the satisfaction of firing back at the enemy, while he had to sit as a target and do his work under the most difficult possible circumstances and subject to great physical strain.

    I recommend this Guardsman for great devotion to duty and efficiency under the most difficult circumstances. By keeping communication open he did much to help his Forces success.

    C.A. Montagu-Douglas-Scott
    Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding 1st Battalion Irish Guards.

    1 June 1943

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    * Guardsman REGINALD VARE 2720441, 1st Bn., Irish Guards who died age 23 on 30 April 1943
    Son of James and Bertha Vare, of Bollington, Cheshire.
    Remembered with honour MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
    Grave/Memorial Reference: III. E. 17.
     
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