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Tpr. Jack Barrett
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment
from:Rochdale, Lancashire
Jack Barrett joined the 8th East Lancashire Regiment in 1940 and served after with the 144th Royal Armoured Corps and 4th Royal Tank Regiment.
He fought in North West Europe in 1944-45 having his tank knocked out at Noyers in July 1944 and in the Ardennes in January 1945.
He was a driver in a Sherman Firefly then a Buffalo in which he took part in the Rhine Crossing.
He finished the War outside Hamburg and was demobbed in January 1946.