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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

10th July 1944

On this day:





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Remembering those who died this day.

  • Burke George William. Pte. (d.10th July 1944)
  • Cowell William John. L/Cpl. (d.10th Jul 1944)
  • Daniels Leslie Ernest George. Pte. (d.10th Jul 1944)
  • Dunn John Albert. Pte. (d.10th July 1944 )
  • Ghadge Yeshwant. Naik. (d.10th July 1944)
  • Gill Clifford. AB (d.10 July 1944)
  • Hutton Harry. L/Cpl. (d.10th July 1944)
  • Morris William Ernest. Pte. (d.10th July 1944)
  • O'Brien Gerald. Pte. (d.10th July 1944)
  • Selwood Paul Roy Herbert John. Pte. (d.10th July 1944)
  • Walker Joseph Holland. (d.7th Oct 1944)
  • Whymark George Roy. Pte. (d.10th July 1944)

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Want to know more about the 10th of July 1944?


There are:52 items tagged 10th of July 1944 available in our Library

  These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.




Stories from 10th July 1944





Pte. Gerald O'Brien. British Army, 5th Btn. Dorsetshire Rgt.. (d.10th July 1944)

Pte O'Brien was killed on 10th July 1944 near Caen at Hill 112. He is commemorated on the Bayeux Memorial, Panel 15 Col. 3.

Chris McKay



L/Cpl. Harry Hutton. British Army, 5th Btn. Dorsetshire Rgt.. (d.10th July 1944)

My cousin, L/Cpl Harry Hutton, was killed on 10th July 1944 at a place unknown. He has no known grave but is commemorated on Panel 15, Col 2 of the Bayeux Memorial. Harry was 22 when he was killed on his birthday.

Leslie



Pte. George Roy Whymark. British Army, 5th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment. (d.10th July 1944)

George Roy Whymark (listed by the Army as George 'Robert' Whymark) was killed in action as a member of the 5th Dorsetshire Regiment on 10th July 1944. He is buried, alongside others of his regiment who are listed as being killed in action on the same day, in the Saint Manvieu War Cemetery Norry, Department du Calvados, Basse-Nomandie, France. In memory of an uncle I never knew and who died so young.

Judi



Pte. William Ernest Morris. British Army, 9th Regiment Royal Tank Corps. (d.10th July 1944)

William Morris was my father's older brother. He was 22 years old when he died during the Battle for Hill 112 at Maltot in Normandy, France.

Hill 112 was an unimpressive stretch of country covered with wheat two or three feet high, and with a few wooded copses and several villages on its slopes. From this elevation the entire valleys of the Odon and Orne could be seen, and the Germans said, "He who controls Hill 112 controls Normandy." Certainly they clung to it desperately, and when they were driven off counter-attacked at once to regain possession. Between 29th June, (when the 9th and 10th SS Panzer Divisions regained the hill), and 23 July, when they were driven from Maltot, the area around Hill 112 changed hands many times and thousands of Allied and German troops were killed or wounded on its bloody slopes. The 43rd Division alone lost more than 2,000 men in the first 36 hours of Operation Jupiter to regain Hill 112.

The losses for 9th RTR on 10th July 1944 were 16 Tanks knocked out, of which 6 were recoverable. There were 65 casualties of which 22 were killed, 34 wounded and 9 POWs.

Leigh Patterson



Pte. George William Burke. British Army, 5th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment. (d.10th July 1944)

George Burke served with the 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment in WW2. He was involved in Operation Jupiter in the heavy fighting to take Hill 112. He was acting as a dispatch rider at the time of his death on 10th of July 1944 and was most likely killed by artillery.

Archie Hockenhull



Joseph Holland Walker. US Army, 317th Infantry Regiment. (d.7th Oct 1944)

Joseph Walker went missing in action in Sivry, France on 4th of October 1944. He was declared Killed in Action on the 7th.

Bill Eskridge










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