Casualty Guardsman LETCHFORD, HARRY Service Number 2723368 Died 05/03/1945 Aged 21 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Son of Ernest and Ellen Letchford, of Orpington, Kent. INSCRIPTION: HE SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD Buried at REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Cemetery/memorial reference: 54. E. 18. See cemetery plan
2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards: Pre-embarkation List, May 1944 HQ Squadron, 2 Armoured Irish Guards Serial: 10 Vehicle No: 228546 Type of Vehicle: Sherman 267573 Duncan LAMPARD, Irish Guards Lieutenant, Tp Offr 2720301 H WILLIAMSON, 2 Irish Guards Lance-Corporal, G/Op 2723368 Harry LETCHFORD, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, G/Mech 2717773 W McKENDRY, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, D/Op 2720158 G KNIGHT, 2 Irish Guards Lance-Corporal, D/Mech Total Officer: 1 Total Other Ranks: 4