Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC McMULLEN, JOHN EDWARD Rank: Trooper Service No: 14296086 Date of Death: 16/04/1945 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: Royal Armoured Corps, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. Grave Reference: 3. J. 2. Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Grave Reference: 3. J. 2. Location: Germany
good day cl1.15 april,2014.11:07pm.re:remembering today.16/4/45 trooperj.e.mcmullen 14296086 royal armoured corps 4th/7th royal dragoon guards.may he rest in peace.regards bernard85
From ''Monty's Marauders'' by Patrick Delaforce, pages 217 & 218. ...so 4/7th RDG with 'A' Coy 12th KRRC went off to help 3rd British Div south of Bremen... The Dragoons supported 2nd Warwickshires and 1st Norfolks on the 15th in the taking of Leeste and Brinkum ; but 'A' Sqn in Erichshof had a sticky afternoon and lost five casualties. Most of the tanks had by now unwiedy wire netting cages on the sides to deflect bazooka bombs. By evening of the next day Brinkum had fallen...