2723669 Robert Terrance CLISBY, 2 Irish Guards

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    PERSONAL INFORMATION

    Name: CLISBY, Robert Terrance
    DOB: 1923, 3rd Quarter
    Place of Birth: Fulham, London
    Residence: London W, England
    Trade/Profession:
    Parents: Margaret Clisby nee Sheppard, of West Kensington, London.
    Photo:


    SERVICE
    Army/Personal Number: 2723669
    Rank: Guardsman
    Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 2nd Armoured Battalion
    Enlisted:
    Soldier's Will:
    Pre-embarkation list, May 1944: Ref


    CASUALTY
    CWGC Link: Casualty Details
    CWGC Certificate:
    CLISBY_ROBERT_TERRANCE.jpg
    Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
    Date of Death: 04/09/1944
    Age at Death: 21
    Casualty Type: Killed in Action

    Cemetery: AUDERGHEM (OUDERGEM) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
    Cemetery Photo:
    Auderghem overview .jpg
    Grave Reference: Grave 349.
    Headstone Photo:
    CLISBY RT Headstone 1.jpg CLISBY RT Headstone 2 .jpg
    Grave Registration:
    CLISBY R T doc1869041.JPG CLISBY R Tdoc5731153.JPG
    Inscription: None; not a CWGC headstone, a local authority one.


    Army Casualty List (WO 417):
    2723669 Guardsman Clisby R T 1944 Irish Guards
    The Times Casualty List, published 1st March 1945:
    Killed - Guardsman Clisby R. T.
    The Times, Thursday, Mar 01, 1945.png


    MEDALS
    Campaign Medals: France & Germany Star
    Medal Roll Details:


    REFERENCES
    War Diaries:
    War Diary: 2nd Armoured Battalion IRISH GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1944
    Archive Files: WO 417
    Publications:

    Accounts: 2nd Armoured Battalion’s War Diary
    “BRUSSELS, 4 SEPTEMBER 1944
    No. 1 Squadron and Major D.M.L. GORDON-WATSON MC meanwhile were busy on the aerodrome at WOLOWE where they knocked out 6 dual purpose 88s and about 40 of the crews. Great fun was had chasing the little men across the runways with HE.
    We were ordered to send a platoon and a troop of No. 3 Sqn to help some of the ARMEE BLANCHE besieged by the GERMANS near WATERLOO. 3 Enemy tanks and about 200 infantry were reported and alleged to be willing to surrender to regular troops.
    Lt. W.C.T. MacFETRIDGE took off his Troop, met the promised guide and then had his tank “brewed up” by a PANTHER which showed no sign of surrender. Lt.-Col. J.O.E. VANDELEUR, who had come to watch, lost his Scout Car a moment later, and the force withdrew by not before knocking out a Mk IV tank.
    Lt. MacFETRIDGE made his way back on foot, swimming a river en route. So the second battle of WATERLOO was not quite as successful as the first.”

    War Memorial:
    Newspaper:
    Websites:
    Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group
    AUDERGHEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY, belgium
    auderghem
    Pvt Robert Terrance Clisby ( - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial
     
    Last edited: Oct 17, 2019

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