2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards: Pre-embarkation List, May 1944 HQ Squadron, 2 Armoured Irish Guards Serial: 18 Vehicle No: 5517341 Type of Vehicle: 1/2 Track 2719964 J ROWLANDS, 2 Irish Guards Guardsman, Dvr IC 2720304 Joseph Henry RATCLIFFE, Irish Guards Lance-Corporal, MO Orderly Total Officer: Total Other Ranks: 2
Casualty Lance Serjeant RATCLIFFE, JOSEPH HENRY Service Number 2720304 Died 08/09/1944 Aged 24 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Mentioned in Despatches Son of Harry and Florence Ratcliffe, of Runcorn, Cheshire; husband of Muriel Ratcliffe, of Weston, Runcorn. INSCRIPTION: REMEMBRANCE IS THE SWEETEST FLOWER THAT IN GOD'S GARDEN GROWS Buried at LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY Location: Limburg (Belgium), Belgium Cemetery/memorial reference: IV. C. 10. See cemetery plan