Hi All I caught a packet on the morning of July 27,near Caen,I was with another Rfn,2or3 shells landed around us and I have always wondered if he survived,can anyone point me to a scource of that sort of info. ex Rfn.Ron Lee
old timer If you have his name - we might be able to trace him somewhere- more details the better Cheers
Oldtimer Welcome to WW2talk ! You may have noticed that WW2 Vets are fairly scarce here so you are doubly welcome. I'm sure that the various experts we have on the site will be able to provide help in your research and when one of the moderators is about he will be able to confirm your status and "raise you to the purple" Good luck ! Ron
Hello ron, Few members here have some good references on RB so we should be able to provide an 'official' account of that day. As already said, what was your fellow Rfn's name?
Welcome, Ron. This is the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's roll for 1 RB June-July 1944 via 'Geoff's Search Engine' (he's another one of our members). The blue links take you to the relevant CWGC pages. Unfortunately it's a long list to work through but there are no deaths listed for 27 July1944 5BIRCH RM 289109 28/07/1944 6BISSMIRE WJ 14426879 04/07/1944 11BREAM EM 6917730 13/06/1944 14BUTLER RM 226400 13/06/1944 16CAESAR JV 256117 20/06/1944 23CHERRY A 14424202 10/06/1944 25COATES WG 6919813 29/07/1944 27COLEMAN FE 14427990 13/06/1944 29COLLINS GJA 14421518 19/07/1944 31COOP PO 277448 13/06/1944 37DE PASS AP 277424 13/06/1944 40DORE AF 289096 20/07/1944 41DORRIEN-SMITH FA 186294 20/06/1944 45DYER HA 6916877 25/07/1944 51FAMILTON W 14233223 21/07/1944 52FOKES R 5338931 29/07/1944 53FORESHEW TJ 245342 15/06/1944 56GASH P 6923285 13/06/1944 57GILLINGS A 6924097 19/07/1944 62HARDING A 6970159 14/06/1944 63HARWOOD C 14423075 26/07/1944 64HAYNES RL 6921950 25/07/1944 65HAYWARD JN 14432662 10/06/1944 67HEWITT S 6896364 20/07/1944 68HINES GJ 6967145 10/06/1944 70HOER RK 14419119 14/06/1944 73HOWARD APW 14426310 11/06/1944 78JEFFORD CJ 6915324 14/06/1944 81LEVINE SM 6923345 14/06/1944 84LOVELL T 6968852 13/06/1944 87LUMLEY AW 6920756 20/07/1944 91MARTIN JR 6916795 21/07/1944 93MAY GT 217637 14/06/1944 96MILLER ST 6916220 11/06/1944 97MILLER RW 6920376 10/06/1944 99MOORE WP 6917432 21/07/1944 101MUSGRAVE KT 14422557 20/07/1944 104O'BRIEN B 6919899 21/07/1944 105O'CONNOR BJ 6916226 13/06/1944 107PARNELL WA 6920159 20/06/1944 114READE PJ 6914268 04/07/1944 116RING RJ 5678123 13/06/1944 130STEVENS JGW 14425324 20/07/1944 132TALBOT GSW 184841 20/06/1944 133TALBOT RW 6923851 21/07/1944 134THELWELL J 4122834 25/06/1944 136TOMLINSON H 6920863 11/06/1944 138VINALL RB 14499946 22/07/1944 141WALLEY GE 4132984 14/06/1944 142WEBB AE 6918284 14/06/1944 145WEINREICH V 6918037 20/07/1944 149WICKS E 6847947 26/07/1944 151WOOD HA 6923644 21/07/1944 I'm afraid that I don't have the war diary for July but I do have odd details for some of the June casualties.
Some info on 1 RB on this thread. Nothing specifc for 27th July though. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units-general/17497-1st-battalion-rifle-brigade-1944-a.html Paul uploaded some info to flickr but see post #9 by mkenny, easier to read .
