John Geoffrey Draycott
Service number
2615635
Military unit
2nd Bn Grenadier Guards
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
04 Jun 1940 (23 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
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Family history
Son of Frederick William Draycott and Lydia Draycott, of 4 Crown Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Siblings: Frederick Baden (1901), Ethel May (1902), George William (1906), Phyllis Elsie (1913) and Albert who died at or shortly after his birth in 1915.
Frederick snr died in 1941.
Military history
The three battalions of the Grenadier Guards where sent to France in late 1939. As the B.E.F was pushed back by the German Blitzkreig they formed the rear-guard during the Battle of France and the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk.
Extra information
The inscription on John's CWGC headstone is " WE WAITED IN VAIN"
Photographs
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