1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, GAD, Tank Casualties, 1945 Regiment: 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards [nb the original document is incorrect, should read 1st Armoured Battalion Coldstream Guards] Serial No.: A.14 Tank: Sherman Mark: N.K. W.D. No.: N.K. Date: 1 Apr 1945 Photo No.: 5 Figure Nos.: 8, 10 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, GAD, Tank Casualties, 1945 Range: 500 yds. Cause of Damage: A.P. (105 mm.) (Flak. 38) penetration. Fire Damage: Burnt out Other tanks involved in same incident: - Circumstances: Knocked out by one of a battery of 105 mm. Flak. guns at the approach to a bridge over the canal at ENSCHEDE. Turret at 10 o’clock. Position of Hit: 110 mm. diameter penetration through side wall of left petrol tank. Course & Effect of Projectiles: Shot went across the engine and out through the rear end of the right petrol tank knocking a piece 12” x 18” out of the side plate of the right sponson. Tank caught fire at once. Remarks: Tank seen. This is a case in which an uninjured member of the crew of a tank was burnt to death as he was unable to get out quickly enough. Fate of Crew: Commander: Severe burns of face and hands requiring skin grafting. Still in hospital 21 Jul 1945. Medical Board Category D for 3/12. Gunner and Operator: Killed. Got out of tank and were found dead outside with clothes burnt off - presumably burnt to death. Driver: Burnt. Severe burns of face and hands requiring skin grafting. Still in hospital 20 Sep 1945. Final Category not known. Co-Driver: Killed. Never got out of tank. Body destroyed.
