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Originally Posted by Paul Reed  Hi - and welcome.
Attached are his details from the Army Roll of Honour which don't show a different unit.
I have copies of 2nd SWB's War Diary up to 31st August 1944 (!) but I also know a veteran of this battalion (he was the Intel Officer) and I have his account, which I will fish out over the next few days and see what it says.
Many of the men buried at Rouen died of wounds in the hospital there, or were killed after the Seine Crossing in the operations from the Seine up to the Somme. There was also intense fighting along the channel ports from le Havre up to Dunkirk, so he may also have been involved in that. |
Any help would be brilliant. I was planning on going up to the national archives to have a look at the war diaries.
So do you think it would be more likely he died of wounds? A history of the battalion says it was taking Le harve on the 10th -12th September, so i assumed he died on first day of fighting. Could be interesting to look into what you have have mentioned.
Thanks for your help so far, any more help would be brilliant
cheers
scott