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260564 L/Cpl. John Arthur Hacker British Army 7th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) from:Beeston, Nottinghamshire (d.16th Jun 1944) John Hacker landed at Gold Beach on D-Day at approx. 0800. He came under fire as his Battalion travelled through Crepon and Creuilly, up to Loucelles. The Battalion remained in the area of St. Leger for a number of days, with enemy sightings often reported in the area south of Bronay. A Canadian platoon (from the Winnipeg Rifles, with whom they had established a joint post) counter-attacked the enemy on the railway embankment at Bronay but came under heavy fire. Repeated attempts were made to push forward past the embankment, but they were often pinned down and pushed back by enemy machine-guns. On the 16th of June, the battalion moved out towards Les Oreilles, traveling through La Senaudiere. There, they came under heavy machine-gun and mortar fire, and John was killed, along with two Majors. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.