Eric “Ernie” Gutteridge

Trooper · #7889764 · G1 Patrol

Rank	Trooper
Service number	#7889764
Patrol	G1 Patrol
Regiment	Royal Tank Regiment
Role	Driver
Known as	“Ernie”
POW / KIA	POW — Barce raid, Sep 1942

What this roll records

The G1 Guardsman who, with Trooper F. W. Jopling, became separated from the Barce walking party (September 1942); exhausted, the two trekked north and were captured near Barce on 25 September, twelve days after the raid. Source: ‘The Barce Raid’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).

Barce Raid, Sept 1942 (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): Jeep 1 driver — POW

Patrol corrected to G1. Source: Brendan O’Carroll.

North Africa — 14 Sep 1942, Barce: prisoner of war. Source: TRACKS magazine (LRDG Association), Ian Chard, 'Not all were lucky — LRDG missing in North Africa', June 2023.

Barce Raid, Sept 1942 — G1 patrol: Easonsmith's driver (Brendan O'Carroll).

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Listed in the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.

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