No.5630443, Sergeant, John Henry MOUNCER
Aged 25
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John Henry Mouncer was born in Mundford, near Thetford 5th January 1919 (1st qtr 1919 Thetford 4b:419) son of Herbert and Emma Ethel MOUNCER (née CHATTEN)
In the 1939 register,he was a quarryman, living with 3 Colreston Cottages, Ickburgh with his brother Arthur and wife Margaret and his brother Walter (1 record closed). He married Lottie May MANNING in 1941 and lived in Barrow |
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The battalion had landed at Sword Beach (Queen White), just west of Ouistrehem on D-Day. On 28th June they were north of Caen attacking Chateau de la Londe.
The battalion had 36 killed that day and very many wounded
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