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1944 - Italy WW2 - A Birks Memorial Bar presented to the widow of Lieutenant Harry Alvin Lamb, CGG Officer serving with the 14th Canadian Tank Regiment (Calgary) and was killed in action on 24 May 1944 in ItalyDescription
For Museum records only - Part of the Lieutenant Michael A. Hayes-Rivet (MHR) Trust Collection
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1944 - Italy - A Birks Memorial Bar presented to the widow of Lieutenant Harry Alvin Lamb, CGG Officer serving with the 14th Canadian Tank Regiment (Calgary) and was killed in action on 24 May 1944 in Italy.
ABOUT THE CGG OFFICER:
Lt. Harry Alvin Lamb was born at London, Ontario in 1920 and was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs Thomas C. Lamb of Westmount, Quebec. He was reported missing in action in Italy according to word received by his parents. He originally enlisted with The Canadian Grenadier Guards in 1940 and after received his commission in 1942, went immediately overseas in September with the 14th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Calgary).
He was confirmed killed in action on 24 May 1944, (and may hold the sad distinction of being the first Canadian Grenadier Guard killed in Italy)**, and is buried in the Cassino War Cemetery in Italy and commemorated on the Westmount Cenotaph. There were 25,264 Canadian casualties in the fighting, including more than 5,900 who were killed.
Lamb was the husband of Nursing Sister Jean Mary (née Redpath) Lamb, who served with a Red Cross overseas unit. Mrs. Lamb is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Redpath of Westmount, whom he married at St. Mary Abbott's Parish at Kensington, Middlesex, England on 9 October 1943, while both were stationed overseas.
** Lieutenant Paul Gatien LaPorte wis killed in action on 7 September 1944 while serving with the 1st FSSF (3rd Regiment) under command of CGG Lt-Colonel Thomas Pope Gilday, DSOCreated By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Create Date
May 22, 2025Updated By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Update Date
May 28, 2025