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NEW INFORMATION - Those killed in the orchard and at Point 172 named!

 NEW INFORMATION RECEIVED SINCE BOOK PUBLISHED

 We Will Remember Them!

Book Page 60

1 York & Lancs. War Diary 

19 Jan 44 – 0615 

Move completed just as it was getting light. 4 killed, 6 wounded by mines in orchards. Captain Hewitt (Officer Commanding ‘C’ Company) and Captain Ramsay (Second in Command ‘B’ Company) wounded from shelling of road during move of Battalion.

The four men killed were:

 Pte. J.W. Barlow                                         1 York & Lancs.              Killed in Orchard minefield.

Sgt. J. Glover                                               1 York & Lancs.              Killed in Orchard minefield.

L/Cpl. C.E. Nugent                                     1 York & Lancs.              Killed in Orchard minefield.

Pte. G.W.Thompson                                    1 York & Lancs.              Killed in Orchard minefield.

Book Page 80

Sergeant Fielding, ‘D’ Company, 1 York & Lancs. Missing Person’s Report 

20 Jan 44

Eventually we consolidated on hill Point 172 and being then the Acting Sergeant Major of the Company I called for Platoon casualty slips and detailed Sergeant Waddington, 18 Platoon “D” Company to gather in the dead bodies. We had 12 dead, and 33 wounded out of this action.

The 12 Dead Soldiers were:

Pte. S.A. Holland             1 York & Lancs.    Killed  600 Yards N.E. Minturno

Killed 19 Jan 44, Taken to Point 172, 20 Jan 44.

L/Cpl H. Evan                 1 York & Lancs.     Killed        Attack Point 172.

Pte. C. France                 1 York & Lancs.      Killed       Attack Point 172

Pte. R. Gunn                   1 York & Lancs.      Killed       Attack Point 172

Capt. B. Lang                 1 York & Lancs.      Killed        Attack Point 172

Pte. J. Lowery                1 York & Lancs.      Killed         Attack Point 172                         

Pte. J.A. Lowery            1 York & Lancs.     Killed        Attack Point 172

Cpl. M. Norris               1 York & Lancs.     Killed        Attack Point 172

Cpl. W. Scarfe               1 York & Lancs.      Killed        Attack Point 172

Pte. W.H.Smith             1 York & Lancs.      Killed        Attack Point 172

L/Cpl. J. Stott               1 York & Lancs.      Killed         Attack Point 172

L/Cpl. J.Wilson            1 York & Lancs.         Killed        Attack Point 172 

                          

     L/Cpl Jack Stott 1 York & Lancs.  died 20 Jan 44 (Photo David Rigby)






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NEW INFORMATION - Those killed in the orchard and at Point 172 named!

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