Harry Oliver John Gillard

Memorial: Badminton Memorial Hall - Hayes Lane

Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps

Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945

Rank and number: Trooper 7882624

Parents: Oliver and Elizabeth Gillard

Marital status: Married

Home address: 44 London Road, Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Date of birth: 1912

Place of birth: Bath

Date of death: 23/05/1940

Buried/Commemorated at: Unknown grave. Commemorated on Dunkirk memorial and family headstone in St Michael and All Angels Churchyard

Age: 27

Further information:

Son of a farm labourer/cowman he had 6 sisters and a younger brother Charlie who died on war service in 1941. Harry died when his regiment were fighting in northern France during the 1940 retreat to Dunkirk.

5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps, British Army.

Forces War Records have his recorded date of death as 23/05/1940 and his date of birth as c.1913.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher 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.nam.ac.uk/explore/5th-royal-inniskilling-dragoon-guards