| Notes: | CMP. 241 (Beach) Pro Coy. He was born in London E and resided in London N and formerly served in the Royal Artillery. Unit War Diary WO 171/3386. D Day. Beach Cpl's landed H + 20. 07.30 hrs OC Lt Beard and beach section landed H + 4. Lt Jones and dump section landed H + 120. All sections landed H + 5 hours. Heavy mortar fire. Cpl Tweedale, L/Cpl's Hilliard Killed in action, L/Cpl's Blake, Dewhurst, Murdoch, Cook, Lawson & Squire wounded on D Day Evacuated to UK. No inscription on gravestone. Unit landed 07.25 hrs, 6/6/1944 between Ouiserham and Luc-Sur-Mer, part of 5 Beach Group, 101 Sub Area, Sword Beach (Queen). Casualty List 1488, North West Europe 1488, Killed in Action, 6/6/1944.
Gordon Charles Hilliard. |
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