2721140 Lance-Corporal Donald NAY, 2 Armoured Irish Guards: 17/09/1944

Date of Enlistment: 1940
Date of Death: 17 September 1944

Army Number: 2721140
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Name: Donald NAY
Unit: 1 Troop, 1 Squadron, 2 Armoured Irish Guards

 

2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards: Pre-embarkation List, May 1944

No. 1 Squadron, 2 Armoured Irish Guards
No 1 Troop

Serial: 68
Vehicle No:
Type of Vehicle: Firefly

• 2721109 W SMITH, 2 Irish Guards Lance-Serjeant, G/Op
• 2721140 Donald NAY, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, G/Op
• 2723183 J CORBOY, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, G/Op
• 2722075 R SKELLAND, 2 Irish Guards Lance-Corporal, D/Mech

Total Officers:
Total Other Ranks: 4


See also:

• 2721109 W.SMITH, Lance Sargeant, 2 Battalion Irish Guards

 

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LANCE CORPORAL DONALD NAY
Service Number: 2721140
Regiment & Unit: 2nd Bn. Irish Guards
Date of Death: 17 September 1944
Age 23 years old
Buried or commemorated at GROESBEEK MEMORIAL
Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
Location: Netherlands
Additional Info: Son of Richard Haworth Nay and Eliza Nay; husband of Hilda Nay, of Whitworth, Lancashire.

 

Campaign Stars & Medals : 4:0

• 1939-45 Star
• France & Germany Star
• Defence Medal
• War Medal 1939-45

Address of NOK redacted (application made 1948):