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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Serjeant James Beaconsfield Nightingale
James Beaconsfield Nightingale was born on 19 April 1892 in Horley, Surrey, the fourth of the seven children of James Nightingale (1863-1941) and Alice Mary Nightingale née Potter (1861-1928). His ...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
Hy. G. Dumbleton
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Geoffrey Bailey
Had served in the Manchester Regiment. At the time of his death was working as a Captain of Invalids at Chelsea Hospital. Killed in a bomb attack on the north east wing of the Hospital.
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
William Gosling, VC
Battery sergeant in the Royal Field Artillery. Awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 5th April 1917 at the Battle of Arras. Awarded the VC for his heroism on 5 April 1917, age 24, while se...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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