Irish Guards Normandy July-August 1944, Tank crew casualty group

Irish Guards Normandy July-August 1944, Tank crew casualty group (image 1/4)
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Irish Guards Normandy July-August 1944, Tank crew casualty group (image 4/4)
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Guardsman GEORGE DANIEL KIBBLE Lot consists of the 1939-45 star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, box of issue correctly named and with Irish Guards return address on rear. Photo of grave. Notification of death letter. Medal award/condolence slip, correctly named, not watermarked (they weren't) and reverse of slip states "order in which the awards should be set up, e.g., for framing", which is correct for a casualty slip. (Non-casualty slips state order of wearing). Three out of 6 condolence slips to Guardsmen I have seen were handwritten, the remainder typed. Please contact me if you want further pictures of anything. The lot has been through DNW. http://www./medals/auctionarchive/searchcataloguearchive/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=33846 2719991, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 26 on 04 August 1944 Husband of Gladys Joyce Kibble, of Harrow , Middlesex. 2 Irish Guards landed Arromanches on July 1st, 1944 with Shermans and Sherman Fireflies. They carried Coldstream Guards infantry mounted on their tanks into battle and met German Panzer Divisions head on in the battles for the beachhead and for Caen in July and August '44. During Operation Goodwood, the following well known incident took place: While probing forward near Cagny on the initial day of the "Goodwood" offensive, Lt John Gorman, a troop commander of 2nd read more
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