Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Lance Bombardier Ronald Wadsworth 556442 Royal Artillery 153 (The Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment. At the time of his death 153 Field Regiment were using Sexton self-propelled guns and were supporting the Guards Armoured Division around Maisoncelles - 'Operation Bluecoat'. Ronald Died of Wounds on Thursday 10th August 1944, aged 24 and is buried in Bayeux War Cemetery, France, which contains 4144 Commonwealth troops and over 500 graves of other nations, mainly German.
His headstone reads: 'In memory's garden we meet every day'.

Although official Forces Records show Ronald as the son of Reginald, a corn merchant/labourer, and Mary Wadsworth of Uxbridge Middlesex, the Register of Electors for 1937/38 show them living at Rushes Lane, Lubenham. The 1939 Register shows Reginald and Mary living at 'Brookhurst' Scotland Road, Little Bowden, Market Harborough. In 1940 the Wadsworths and three other children moved to Foxton Road, Lubenham. Our research has shown that Ronald Wadsworth was born in North Luffenham, Rutland, September 1920, and that he then lived in Market Harborough.
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Submitted by P. Clements, 2020