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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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. R. Fossett
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson
Prominent General in WW1 who visited Northern Ireland in March 1922 and spoke his mind on the Irish situation. On 22 June he unveiled the Liverpool Street Station war memorial and then went home to...
1 memorial
Richard Braley
Captain Richard Gordon Braley was born on 16 June 1921 in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA, the son and elder child of Rex Estes Braley (1890-1981) and Jessie Maude Braley née McCament...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
John Copping
Serjeant John Copping was born in 1880 in Hacheston, Suffolk and his birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1880 in the Plomesgate, Suffolk, registration district. He was the only son and the t...
1 memorial
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