Ivor Vernon Williams
Memorial: Yate - St Mary's Church Lych Gate
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private 5185780
Parents: Alice Blanch Williams
Home address: 2 The British, Off North Road, Yate, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: General labourer
Date of birth: 11/12/1918
Date of death: 25/11/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: He was originally buried in Maasbree Holland then transferred to the Venray War Cemetery (Ref. IV. D. 10.) in Limburg Netherlands in 1946
Age: 25
Further information:
2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He enlisted as a private in the 2nd Glosters and fought in the Battle France. Most of his battalion died in the Battle of Dunkirk from where he was eventually evacuated. Ivor’s re-formed battalion landed and fought at Gold Beach on D-Day 1944. He continued to fight for the liberation of France and the low countries and it is likely that he took part in operation mallard which was to be his final engagement as he died near Maasbree in Holland.
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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucestershire_Regiment
Yate Heritage Centre
https://codenames.info/operation/mallard-iii/