Douglas Lesh Lambert

Notes:

Records show from www.exercise-tiger.com that Douglas L Lambert was buried initially at Brookwood military cemetery on 1st May 1944 and had repatriation burial. He was brought home to his family and buried in Christian Cemetery.

Buried:
Grave location, portrait, biography and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36814378
Inscription:
DOUGLAS L LAMBERT
WEST VIRGINIA
PFC
557 QM RHD CO
WORLD WAR II
FEBRUARY 13 1920
APRIL 28 1944

Died:
1942 8 Sep WWII Enlistment Record, PFC 557th Quartermaster Railhead Company.

Operation TIGER was held 22-30 April 1944, at Slapton Sands, England. It was the major training dress rehearsal for the 4th Infantry Division's assault at Utah Beach, Normandy, France on D-Day, 6 June 1944. In the early morning hours of 28 April 1944, eight Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) were in Lyme Bay, heading towards Slapton Sands, with the assault's follow on force of combat service support soldiers. The losses sustained during this exercise were a closely held secret until the end of D-Day invasion to keep the Germans from learning about allied invasion plans. The 3206th Quartermaster Service Company sustained the heaviest losses of any unit the night of 27-28 April 1944.

The 3206th Quartermaster Service Company was virtually wiped out. Of 251 officers and men, 201 were killed or wounded. The 557th Quartermaster Railhead Company also had heavy losses, 69 casualties in all.