NAM.2002-02-909-3

Press cutting, 3 Aug 1944. Taken from the London Gazette, in which Lt Groom’s Military Cross is announced. 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)