Hello Folks,
Have just caught this swagger on Epay.
Maybe just a swagger that the owner used during his training days.
From the serial code inscribed on I got some informations:
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/ca...EORGE%20ALBERT
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Service No: 2696023
Date of Death: 30/01/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards 1st Bn.
Awards: M M
Grave Reference II, T, 1.
Cemetery
ANZIO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Ethel Cashmore, of Hanley, Staffordshire.
This man died some days after beachead at Anzio, during the battle to get to Campoleone station and extend salient at north of Aprilia.
From Official chronicles:
While General Truscott on the right drove on Cisterna, VI Corps made its main effort toward Colli Laziali along the Albano road. From the British positions above Carroceto this dominating hill mass was clearly visible. General Lucas' plan called for the British 1 Division to breach the enemy's main line of resistance along the railroad by seizing the crossing at Campoleone. The 1st Armored Division was to swing wide around to the left of the Albano road to assault Colli Laziali from the west while the British continued their attack up the main road to seize the high ground on the south slope.
The plan of General Penney, commanding the 1 Division, was to pass the fresh 3 Brigade through the 24 Guards Brigade to seize Campoleone. At 2300, 29 January, the 1 Scots Guards and the 1 Irish Guards attacked to secure the crossroads 2,000 yards south of the Campoleone overpass as a line of departure for the main attack.
The 1 Scots Guards on the right struck a mined and wired-in road block south of its objective but pushed through with heavy losses. On the left of the road, however, the 1 Irish Guards were forced back at dawn by enemy tanks and self-propelled guns. To meet the threat of enemy armor the 3d Battalion, 1st Armored Regiment, was hastily withdrawn from the 1st Armored Division attack and sent to assist the British. American and British tanks and tank destroyers drove off the enemy armor, and the infantry was able to restore its forward positions. The defending 29th Panzer Grenadier Regiment was severely handled in this action.
The sharp fighting for the line of departure delayed the 3 Brigade attack until 1510, 30 January.
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Also i found out that this man (24 years old) was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel for his merits during the Afrika Campaign.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...s?uri=D7348033
Reference:WO 373/2/299
Description:
Name Cashmore, George
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Service No: 2696023
Regiment: 1 Battalion Scots Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)
Award: Military Medal
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 23 September 1943
Date: 1943-1944
Now, n. 2 questions :
1) why his record in Anzio War Cemetery does not report him as an Officer, but as only a Lance Serjeant?
2) What is Military Medal?
When this sh***y weather will gimme a rest I will go to his grave and shot a picture...
Have just caught this swagger on Epay.
Maybe just a swagger that the owner used during his training days.
From the serial code inscribed on I got some informations:
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/ca...EORGE%20ALBERT
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Service No: 2696023
Date of Death: 30/01/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards 1st Bn.
Awards: M M
Grave Reference II, T, 1.
Cemetery
ANZIO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Ethel Cashmore, of Hanley, Staffordshire.
This man died some days after beachead at Anzio, during the battle to get to Campoleone station and extend salient at north of Aprilia.
From Official chronicles:
While General Truscott on the right drove on Cisterna, VI Corps made its main effort toward Colli Laziali along the Albano road. From the British positions above Carroceto this dominating hill mass was clearly visible. General Lucas' plan called for the British 1 Division to breach the enemy's main line of resistance along the railroad by seizing the crossing at Campoleone. The 1st Armored Division was to swing wide around to the left of the Albano road to assault Colli Laziali from the west while the British continued their attack up the main road to seize the high ground on the south slope.
The plan of General Penney, commanding the 1 Division, was to pass the fresh 3 Brigade through the 24 Guards Brigade to seize Campoleone. At 2300, 29 January, the 1 Scots Guards and the 1 Irish Guards attacked to secure the crossroads 2,000 yards south of the Campoleone overpass as a line of departure for the main attack.
The 1 Scots Guards on the right struck a mined and wired-in road block south of its objective but pushed through with heavy losses. On the left of the road, however, the 1 Irish Guards were forced back at dawn by enemy tanks and self-propelled guns. To meet the threat of enemy armor the 3d Battalion, 1st Armored Regiment, was hastily withdrawn from the 1st Armored Division attack and sent to assist the British. American and British tanks and tank destroyers drove off the enemy armor, and the infantry was able to restore its forward positions. The defending 29th Panzer Grenadier Regiment was severely handled in this action.
The sharp fighting for the line of departure delayed the 3 Brigade attack until 1510, 30 January.
[/URL]Also i found out that this man (24 years old) was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel for his merits during the Afrika Campaign.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...s?uri=D7348033
Reference:WO 373/2/299
Description:
Name Cashmore, George
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Service No: 2696023
Regiment: 1 Battalion Scots Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)
Award: Military Medal
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 23 September 1943
Date: 1943-1944
Now, n. 2 questions :
1) why his record in Anzio War Cemetery does not report him as an Officer, but as only a Lance Serjeant?
2) What is Military Medal?
When this sh***y weather will gimme a rest I will go to his grave and shot a picture...
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