4986831 Pte Charles Cyril Hubbard. 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters: 03/03/1944

Any information please on Private 4986831 Charles Cyril Hubbard 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters killed in action on Friday 3rd March 1944 aged 21. He lived in Belper Derbyshire.


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PRIVATE CHARLES CYRIL HUBBARD
Service Number: 4986831
Regiment & Unit: 2nd Bn.Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Date of Death: Died 03 March 1944
Age 21 years old
Buried or commemorated at BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Grave Reference: IX. B. 7.
Location: Italy
Additional Info: Son of Edgar Richard and Ethel Mary Hubbard, of Belper, Derbyshire.
Personal Inscription: HOME, KINDRED, FATHERLAND AND ALL, HE LEFT AT HIS CREATOR'S CALL

 

Killed in Action Italy, casualty list entry attached.

 

The pages are from the regimental history, Barclay, C.N. The History of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 1919-1957. London: William Clowes and Sons, Ltd., 1959.

More than likely, Hubbard was wounded in the action described in "The Boot" and "The Wadis" and died of wounds on March 3rd, but that is only speculation.

 

Thank you for this brilliant information.
Regards Richard.

 

did you find any further information - my Great Uncle Harry Gamwell also died on the 3rd March 1944 and was part of the Shewood foresters battalion - we are trying to find where he was buried.

 

Link to CWGC entry with details:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2373014/harry-gamwell/
PRIVATE HARRY GAMWELL
Service Number: 14609552
Regiment & Unit: 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Date of Death: 03 March 1944
Age 19 years old
Buried or commemorated at BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Grave Reference: VI. E. 8.
Location: Italy
Additional Info: Son of Arthur and Mary Ann Gamwell, of Howden, Yorkshire.
Personal Inscription: IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON. DEEP IN OUR HEARTS WE TREASURE HIM YET. FATHER, MOTHER AND FAMILY

 

Thank you so much - Its my Grandmas brother and she was only very young when he died and couldn’t remember where he was buried - she is very happy to know!