NAM.2002-02-909-2

Photocopy of a typescript letter, 3 Jun 1944. Sent by Brig V D Thomas, Chief of Staff of Combined Operations, Combined Operations Headquarters, Whitehall, to the Under-Secretary of State, War Office. Brig Thomas writes to forward his recommendations for awards for officers and men who took part in Operation TARBRUSH. Includes the citation for Lt Groom’s Military Cross. From a collection of papers, 1942-1944. Associated with Lt John Arthur Groom, Combined Operations Experimental Establishment, Royal Engineers. Papers primarily relate to the award of the Military Cross to Lt Groom for his part in Operation TARBRUSH, 16-17 May 1944, a covert reconnaissance of beach mines and obstacles prior to the D-Day Landings.

D-Day, 1944 (World War Two, North West Europe 1944-1945), OVERLORD, Operation, 1944 (World War Two, North West Europe 1944-1945), TARBRUSH, Operation, 1944 (World War Two, North West Europe 1944-1945)