22 CAR WD numbers

[John McGillivray]

Originally Posted by John McGillivray

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.

There appears to be an error in the CGG Regimental History.

The caption of the photo of the tank “Genevieve” states that it is the tank of Lt Gilbert Stairs who was KIA on the 10th of August 1944. The only problem is that Lt Stairs wasn’t killed on that day. In the honour roll it gives the date of Capt. G. Stairs’ death as being the 30th of Sept. In the text it gives the date of Capt. Stairs’ death as the 19th of Sept. 1944 as a result of mortar fire, i.e. not in a tank.

With a name like “Genevieve” I would think that this was one of the RHQ tanks and not form a fighting troop.