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