Harold Stump
Memorial: Chipping Sodbury Town Cross - Broad Street
Regiment: Royal Tank Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Serjeant 5183375
Parents: Alfred and Beatrice May Stump
Home address: Chipping Sodbury, Bristol
Date of birth: 1921
Place of birth: Gloucestershire
Date of death: 14/07/1943
Buried/Commemorated at: Syracuse War Cemetery (VIII. A. 10.), Sicily
Age: 22
Further information:
Harold’s Regiment, the 50th Royal Tank Regiment, served as part of the 23rd Armoured Brigade in the Sicily campaign in operation Husky to regain control of Sicily, under the command of the 51st Highland Division. Between the 13th and 15th July there was heavy bombardment and hand to hand fighting in and around the village of Francofonte in Eastern Sicily. It was during this action that Harold lost his life. Casualty List No. 1213.
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.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.cwgc.org/
http://www.desertrats.org.uk/bde/4thABunits.htm
https://51hd.co.uk/history/sicily_vizzini