Wednesday

21 June 1944

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War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide

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Approx 15 enemy shells fell in Bn area damaging buildings and causing casualties.

5 ORs were killed and 11 wounded. *(Our figures show 6 KIA and 12 WIA for this day)

All buildings were evacuated and trenches manned.

D-Day+

21 June 1944

Soldiers of the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division take cover from German mortar fire during Jupiter. By Sergeant Jones No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit - This photograph B 6852 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-29), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=643898

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Died on this day =

Wednesday

21 June 1944

Warrant Officer Class II	JOHN	ATKINSON	3186488	Wednesday, 21 June 1944	32	LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Private	DAVID BEATTIE	CLABBY	3192159	Wednesday, 21 June 1944	24	LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Private	ROBERT	CUNNINGHAM	3188428	Wednesday, 21 June 1944	24	LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Private	DAVID	DONALDSON	2932351	Wednesday, 21 June 1944	26	LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Private	JOHN	McINTYRE	3193957	Wednesday, 21 June 1944	28	LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Private	WILLIAM GALLAGHER	O'DONNELL	3065970	Wednesday, 21 June 1944	21	LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

Wounded on this day =

Pte R. Spence	14214644	War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'.
Pte Ronald Hamilton	3066019	War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'.
Pte William Tannock	2765552	War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'.
Pte W. McKinnell	3193851	War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'.
Pte J. B. Park	3193841	War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'.
Pte D. Y. Mensforth	3191494	War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'.
Pte J. Thomson	3194267	War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'.
Pte J. B. Hall	3194037	War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'.
Pte F. Carroll	3193948	War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'.
Pte A. V. Phillips	3971454	War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'.
L/Cpl R. D. Kemp	14000129	War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'.
Pte R. Barlow	14002699	War Diary states '15 enemy shells landed in Battalion area'.