I took a look in the Regimental history of CGG. There is a photo of a Sherman with a name which appears to be Genevieve. Note that the last few letters after the “i”are not very clear because the tank was burnt. According to the caption the tank was KOed on 10 Aug. 1944 at Hill 195, and was commanded by Lt Gilbert Stairs. Also the C.O.’s tank is called Grenadier.
The number of CGG tanks KOed during the war is given as 135 (121 Shermans, 12 Stuarts and 2 Crusaders AA)
It is interesting that there is only one Firefly on the list. CGG turned in their last Ram tank on the 9th of June, while they started to receive their 17 pdr Shermans around the third week of June and completed their complement of vehicles.
Last edited by John McGillivray; 26-04-09 at 03:09.
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