Hi, I am trying to find out how Lt EF Bell and his driver Gnr PT Baugh were killed in action on the 22nd Jan 1945 in Holland. Apparently they were in a jeep approaching the enemy front line. His niece thinks they were shot by a large gun? An 88mm? Any information, which I will pass on to the family, would be appreciated. Cheers, Rick
I posted the war diaries and photographed their graves in 2015. Only states died of wounds. 62 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Name: BELL, ERIC FRANCIS Rank: Lieutenant Service No: 217866 Date of Death: 22/01/1945 Age: 28 Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery Unit: 245 Bty., 62 Anti-Tank Regt. Grave Reference: Row A. Grave 7. Cemetery: ROOSENDAAL-EN-NISPEN ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Osborne Alexander Bell and Louisa Grace Bell; husband of Beryl Joyce Bell (nee Goldsmith), of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Name: BAUGH, PERCY THOMAS Rank: Gunner Service No: 14299570 Date of Death: 22/01/1945 Age: 36 Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery Unit: 245 Battery, 62 Anti-Tank Regt. Grave Reference: Row A. Grave 6. Cemetery: ROOSENDAAL-EN-NISPEN ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Elizabeth Baugh; husband of Doris Mary Baugh, of Markfield, Leicestershire.