ROBERT GEORGE ATTEW
SERVICE NO. 5783204
Army: Private
Royal Norfolk Regiment
1st Battalion
DIED: 06 June 1944
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
An advance party for 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment landed at around 08:30 Queen Red, Sword Beach and the rest of the battalion landed at intervals from around 09:30.
But their advance was slowed due to the German strongpoint near Coleville, codenamed Hillman, still holding out mid-afternoon so they were ordered to bypass it. But they received heavy casualties as they did so, some by friendly fire when Allied tanks fired on them thinking they were German troops getting out of Hillman.
MEMORIAL LOCATION: Column 3
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