Harold Arthur Wilmott
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Lance Corporal / Trooper 7905895
Parents: Louis John and Hannah Maria Wilmott (nee Davis)
Marital status: Single
Home address: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of birth: 1918
Place of birth: Bristol
Date of death: 05/09/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Coriano Ridge War Cemetery (Ref. XII. A. 5.), Italy
Age: 26
Further information:
Harold was in the 4th The Queens Own Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps.
Harold's Regiment fought in the North African Campaign at El Alamein then crossed to Italy in a troop ship landing in Taranto to take part in the Italian Campaign as part of the 8th Army. The allies gradually pushed the axis forces northwards and Harold was wounded at the beginning of September 1944, during the first attack on the Arno line, a German defensive position in Northern Italy. He died shortly afterwards of his wounds
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This information has been provided by Jo Hurst and Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researchers for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/