1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - North Africa, Missing Personnel file Believed Killed STATEMENT RE THE DEATH OF No. 2716873 C.S.M. MALONE On 27 April 1943 I was told by Lance-Corporal COSSBURN that C.S.M. MALONE had had his head blown off. I asked Lance-Corporal COSSBURN to show me the body. I searched around but could not find the head, but when I examined the clothing i found he was wearing the badges of the rank of C.S.M. The body was about 50 years from the farmhouse which is to the right of the olive grove when facing it from the wheat field. Signed M. Moriarty, 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS In the Field 7 May 1943
Casualty Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M.) MALONE, ROBERT Service Number 2716873 Died 27/04/1943 Aged 34 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of Henry and Elizabeth Mary Malone; husband of Jeannie Malone, of Little Heath, Potters Bar, Middlesex. INSCRIPTION: IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND. MEMORIES LIVE ON Buried at MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY Location: Tunisia Cemetery/memorial reference: V. C. 17. See cemetery plan
