DOUGLAS FORSYTH ALEXANDER
SERVICE NO. 229197
Army: Lieutenant
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
The Staffordshire Yeomanry landed at intervals from about 09:25 on Queen White sector, Sword Beach.
Their task was to advance inland at high speed, with supporting infantry riding on top of their tanks, and attempt to seize the city of Caen before the end of D-Day.
The regiment was delayed by congestion as they tried to leave the beach. They assisted in the attack on Hillman, a German strongpoint several miles behind the beach. The Yeomanry then supported 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry in clearing Biéville-sur-Orne and Beuville.
He was killed as he tried to get a crew member out of one of the five tanks that had been hit by a German anti-tank gun near Beuville.
STORY
This story is shared by the Trust with kind permission from Mavis Williams, Researcher. Photo sourced from High School of Glasgow Book of Service and Remembrance.
Douglas Forsyth Alexander was born at St. Omer, Bearsden, New Kilpatrick in the Parish of New Kilpatrick in the County of Dumbarton on the 19th of November 1920, the younger son of James & Mary Alexander (née Forsyth) who had married on the 29th day of June 1915 at Coniston, Bearsden, New Kilpatrick. James Alexander was a Chartered Accountant and they lived at Dumyat, Kalston Road, Bearsden.
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