Comrades of Rifleman John Beeley VC of 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross at the Battle of Sidi Rezegh on 21 November 1941, working on a cross to be placed over his grave, 22 May 1942. IWM (E 12286)
Lieutenant Simon Fleming, born in County Down in Northern Ireland, commanded the M2 patrol of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) in 1944. The LRDG was a unit of the British Army established in Egypt in 1940 that specialised in intelligence gathering, mechanized reconnaissance and navigation, often operating behind enemy lines. Fleming commanded M2 patrol on an aerial drop behind enemy lines near Montepulciano, south east of Siena in Italy, which was designed to gather intelligence on German troop movements during the Allied advance. He died on 13 June 1944 after his parachute failed to open. He was 23 years old. Art.IWM ART 16556
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