2723988 Guardsman George GARRETT, 3 Irish Guards

Date of Enlistment: 1943
Date of Discharge: -

Army Number: 2723988
Rank: Guardsman
Name: George GARRETT
Unit: 5 Platoon, 2 Company, 3 Irish Guards

 

Hi , I am terribly sorry and can’t apologise enough for not getting back to
What I can tell you is that my dad died in 1991 aged 66
His service number was 2723988, George Garrett,he was in 5 platoon, no2 company, 3rd battalion Irish Guards
I know he served with Lt O’Grady M.C for action on Bonninghardt Ridge 4th March 1945,
With L,Cpl Veale M.M for the same action
K.I.A from that platoon were Guardsmen Kent 150245, Begelly 040345, Wade and Devine both on O50345
Wounded in Action were Kielty, Summers, Hutchison and Lt Tennison
Tennison is mentioned in one of the sites in a battalion war diary I believe, it speaks of him being injured in the heel February 1945
Pow were Guardsmen Hobbs, Moore, Emerson ,Fordham and Sutton
My father is in one of the photos at training depot one of the training sgts is called Dooley I believe.
He never spoke about his time in the war in detail
he said film Bridge to Far was not a true reflection of what happened to the irish guards.
He spoke about patrolling the bridges at Nijmegen looking for explosives floating in the river to attempt to blow up the bridge
burying German soldiers
He never spoke about Normandy but his older brother who was in a reserved occupation in the shipyards told me after dad died that he had seen action in Normandy and mentioned Cagny where I believe he may have been injured.
This does not seem to tie up with his service record, I don’t know how accurate they
Lt Tennison who mentioned earlier I found an obituary on line for a person called Tennison with same initials and was injured in the same battalion had recently died, it would seem he went onto become knighted diplomat
I will send the documents to you that I have

 

Welcome back, good to hear from you again.

 

Campaign Stars & Medals : 3:0

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

Address given at time of application (1948):
5, Dene Grove, Prudhoe-on-Tyne, Northumberland

 

Corporal P Doogan's Squad, October 1943

Back Row: Gdsn. J. Proudfoot; E. Carroll; E. Colethorpe; W. Barbour; J. Savage; C. Smith; N. McNulty, J. Reynolds; D. Johnstone

Middle Row: Gdsn. J. Clarke; G. Garrett; R. Coppen; R. Southgate; D. Parle; Td.S. J. Murphy; Gdsn. J. Doggart; E. Price; F. Stewart; J. Mendes; J. Goaley

Front Row: Gdsn. M. Beattie; A. Greenhill; Sgt. E. Hough; CPL. P. DOOGAN (Squad Instructor); Sgt. W. Spence (Supt. Sgt.); Gdsn. D. Booth; B. Fogarty

 

I have my fathers medals