Photos and account courtesy of Rotherfield Ivan standing on the exact spot where he rested when he came down the Mountain after the first battle, the old derelict house is still in Miele (just about) This is the Unknown Grenadier (the only one with a headstone in Cassino) so I always visit him and have a chat The Scots Guards Piper playing on top of Bare Arse Ridge near Point 727 (No 4 Coy positions) The Piper again showing point 819 in the distance, so near yet so far that relief could not get to the men of No 2 Coy The Scots Guards Piper playing outside the Chapel on top of Camino Inside the small Chapel on top of Camino, as you can see the term "Monastery" was a bit of a misnomer. Ivan Colver standing by the small alter, I presented the candle and stick and a lady whose father fought there with the 6th made the foot stall The alter inside the chapel The alter inside the chapel Ivan Colver standing by the Goums memorial on the goat track Monte Camino (Pyramid Hill) with Monte La Difensa taken from my balcony at our small pensione in Mignano Monte Lungo
Guardsman GEORGE WILLIAM BEALE 2621540, 6th Bn., Grenadier Guards who died age 29 on 09 November 1943 Son of Joseph Edwin Beale and of Charlotte Dorothy Beale (nee Druitt). Remembered with honour CASSINO MEMORIAL Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3. CWGC :: Casualty Details George Beale is Rotherfield's uncle. Testimonianze Lieutenant JOHN RALPH AUCKLAND BROCKLEBANK 219024, 6th Bn., Grenadier Guards who died age 22 on 08 November 1943 Son of Lt.-Col. Richard Hugh Royds Brocklebank, D.S.O., and Charlotte Carissima Brocklebank, of Stratford-on-Avon. Remembered with honour CASSINO WAR CEMETERY Grave/Memorial Reference: XIX. J. 14. CWGC :: Casualty Details Major EDWIN THOMAS COOK 44246, 6th Bn., Grenadier Guards who died on 08 November 1943 Son of Ralph M. Cook and of Millicent G. A. Cook (nee Roberts); husband of Jacqueline Cook. Remembered with honour CASSINO MEMORIAL Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3. CWGC :: Casualty Details Guardsman PETER CURRY 2622457, 6th Bn., Grenadier Guards who died age 22 on 09 November 1943 Son of Joseph and Isabella W. Curry, of Craghead, Co. Durham. Remembered with honour CASSINO WAR CEMETERY Grave/Memorial Reference: XIX. C. 2. CWGC :: Casualty Details
Hello......That was excellent ! Many thanks indeed for sharing the pictures etc. Regards Andy ps Thanks for posting them Di.
