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Saturday

24 June 1944

Start Location:

CAMBES

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War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide

End Location:

CAMBES

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2 Bn snipers went to Div HQ for practical training.


In the evening enemy shelling just outside Bn area continued at intervals until dark.


One Mtr Pl carrier was hit.

D-Day+

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24 June 1944

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Standard British Universal Carrier By Bainbridge (Lt), War Office official photographer - This photograph H 9234 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25337946

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Died on this day =

1

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Saturday

24 June 1944

Private
GEOFFREY GRAHAM
WARD
3194076
Saturday, 24 June 1944
25
HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

3

Wounded on this day =

Pte G Wilson
14677380
Possibly wounded by enemy shell fire
Pte S. Crouch
3183850
Possibly wounded by enemy shell fire
Sjt Joseph Cowen
4531936
Possibly wounded by enemy shell fire
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