In Southern Tunisia. Also known as the Battle of the Horseshoe. To quote the plaque: "History records this as one of the greatest and most terrible battles fought by the Regiment in the Second World War." But Wikipedia has no knowledge of it, skipping from 6-10 March (Operation Capri) to 19 March (Operation Pugilist) with no mention of the Battle of Mareth on 16/17 March. Described on the monument and full accounts are given at WW2Talk and Grenadier Guards.
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Battle of Mareth
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Battle of Mareth
{On the monument:} RIP 6th Bn Gren. Gds. March 17th 1943 {On the plaque to t...
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Lord Weatherill
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, KStJ, PC, DL, was born on 25 November 1920, the son of Bernard Bruce Weatherill (1883-1962) and Annie Gertrude Weat...
Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, Liveries & Guilds, Politics & Administration
W. E. Lawrence
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham
Born Dublin. Known as ABC in the Navy. Naval Commander-in-Chief in the Med until 1942, first Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff by the end of the war. Managed the evacuation of Crete when the Ger...
J. W. H. Edwards
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
F. E. Fitchett
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.