John James "Taffy" Glyde

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Date of death
Auxiliary Units role
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He joined the SAS on 1 Feb 1944 and took part in Operations Houndsworth and Howard. He was killed in an action near Schneeren in Germany when the jeep column was ambushed. A panzerfaust hit close by and he was killed instantly.

He was buried at Schneeren then re-buried by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission 6 Dec 1946 at Hanover War Cemetery, Germany (ref 15.B.3).