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Trooper

Harold Geeson

Service number 330110
Military unit 16th/5th Lancers Royal Armoured Corps
Address Unknown
Date of birth 25 Aug 1920
Date of death 10 May 1943 (22 years old)
Place of birth Maltby. Yorkshire.
Employment, education or hobbies

In 1939 Harold was working has a coal miner/hewer.

Family history

Son of Harry and Elizabeth Ann Geeson of 40 Vickers Street, Warsop.
Siblings: Doris, Ethel, Harry, Elsie, Winifred, Kathleen. The oldest 5 were born in Annesley or Warsop and the youngest 3 in Maltby. The family moved back to Warsop between 1921 and 1939.

Military history

The regiment had been formed in India but had returned to England in 1940. It took part in Operation Vulcan (22/4-6/5/1943) and Operation Strike(6/5-12/5/1943) the fianl ground attack on Italian and German forces at Tunis, Cape Bon and Bizerte, the last of the Axis bridgeheads in North Africa. The Axis forces surrended on 13th May leading to 240,000 the capture of Italian and German soldiers.

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