2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards: Pre-embarkation List, May 1944 HQ Squadron, 2 Armoured Irish Guards Serial: 49 Vehicle No: 4916949 Type of Vehicle: 3 Ton Pot ( F 2) 2718428 D HADDOCK, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, Dvr IC 2719047 Guardsman HANNA S, Dvr IC 2722942 D P KEWELL, MiD, Irish Guards Lance-Corporal, Dvr IC 2723557 Francis HOLLEY, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, G/Mech 2720677 H BERRY, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, D/Mech Total Officers: Total Other Ranks: 4
Casualty Guardsman HOLLEY, FRANCIS Service Number 2723557 Died 01/08/1944 Aged 19 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Son of Jerimiah and Margaret Holley, of Waun Wen, Swansea. INSCRIPTION: GIVE UNTO HIM ETERNAL REST O LORD Buried at ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY Location: Calvados, France Cemetery/memorial reference: Coll. grave V. G. 13. See cemetery plan .
