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Cecil Joyce  Northamptonshire

Surname Joyce  
Forename/s Cecil  
Rank Private  
Service Number 1535493  
DOB Circa 1920  
Address    
Date & place of death/details 6/4/1945  
Regiment & Unit 5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.  
Service details    
Military Awards?    
Married?               Children?    
Any photographs?    
Derbyshire Times Obituary: 18/5/1945 Cecil Joyce 1851945  
Parents names Mr John Henry & Mrs Ada Ellen Joyce  
Parents address  The family home was Ash Lea, Station New Road, Tupton during the war years.  
Grave location or   memoria location Buried at Ravenna War Cemetery, North East Italy approximately 30 miles from Bologna.
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Living relatives?
Any other information? There was no obituary published in the Derbyshire Times, only an acknowledgement of the kindness shown to Mr and Mrs Joyce upon the news of their bereavement. This is dated the 18th May 1945.
 
Research shows that the 5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment was part of the 11th Infantry Brigade. This unit fought in the Sicily and Italian campaign. The date of Cecil’s death is also relevant as the 6th April 1945 was the first day of ‘Operation Grapeshot’. This was the final attack of the Italian campaign with the aim of pushing back the German forces and gaining the Lombardy Plain. It is probable that Cecil was killed whilst attacking the initial German positions.
Operation Grapeshot was a success, pushing the German forces back to the Austrian border where they surrendered on the 2nd May ending the fighting in Italy.

Ravenna