Evening all,posted in wrong theatre this morning,my brother-in-laws Grandfather was KIA in Italy I've traced him as Gunner James Hall. Killed 5/11/44 and interred Meldola war cemetery,CWGC records show him buried with two other comrades with the same date of death,I wondered if anyone with a knowledge of the regiment or Campaign could shed some light on events,perhaps they were the same gun or vehicle crew? Regard's Steve.
I have the regiments war diary. Give me a nudge over the weekend and I'll dig out the pages covering his date of death.
Looks like he was killed in a RTC along with two others. Hopefully someone can check CWGC to confirm the other two men.
Gunner CADMAN, WILLIAM HENRY Service Number 6214290 Died 05/11/1944 Aged 32 60 (5th Bn, The Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regt Royal Artillery Son of Daniel and Mary A. Cadman of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Gunner MANDER, THOMAS JAMES Service Number 974267 Died 05/11/1944 Aged 28 60 (5th Bn, The Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery Son of Albert and Florence Mander, of Clerkenwell, London; husband of Ethel Mander, of Clerkenwell. TD
I hadn't realised where Meldola was until now,I visited the area a few times we used to holliday in Cattollica Dad must have been in the same area with the 56th Div,he took me up to Gradara where they were billited and we visited the beautiful cemetery,he crossed the Po and ended up on the Yugoslav border.
