2616215 Guardsman Leslie Ernest GRANDFIELD, 3 Grenadier Guards: 21/05/1940

Army Number: 2616215
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Leslie Ernest GRANDFIELD
Unit: 3 Grenadier Guards

 

Name: Leslie [Ernest] Grandfield . Date of Birth: 8/9/1919 . Age: [20]. Place of... | The National Archives
WO 416/146/149
Name: Leslie [Ernest] Grandfield.
Date of Birth: 8/9/1919.
Age: [20].
Place of Birth: Chingford.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Grenadier Guards.
Service Number: 2616215.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: [unspecified].
PoW number: [unspecified].
Date of Death: [21/5/1940].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

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GUARDSMAN LESLIE ERNEST GRANDFIELD
Service Number: 2616215
Regiment & Unit: 3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards
Date of Death: 21 May 1940
Age 20 years old
Buried or commemorated at DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
Memorial Reference: Column 32.
Location: France
Additional Info: Son of William Ernest and Edith Mary Grandfield, of Halstead, Essex.

 

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• "This a substantial, guaranteed original item, complete with the manufacturer’s stamp “F. Narborough, Birmingham” on the rear and dates back to the World War II period. Made of solid brass, which has not been polished, it has the Grenadier Guards motif with a King’s Crown and the regiment’s name underneath. Stamped into the plate is the Army Number 2616215 and the name “L. Grandfield”. Guardsman Leslie Ernest Grandfield served with the 3 rd Battalion Grenadier Guards and was killed in action on May 21, 1940. This was the date of the British Expeditionary Force counter-attack at Escaut in which the 3 rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards took part. It was in this engagement that L/Cpl Nicholls of the same Battalion won the Victoria Cross for bravery. Guardsman Grandfield is memorialized at the Dunkirk Memorial. (Source: NAMED WW II KIA, GRENADIER GUARDS KC BRASS BED PLATE AND BADGE – NO RESERVE | #506742368)"
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