Royal in Yasni Exposé of Johnson J Jack

The Leicester Royal Infirmary

21.02.2003 [guardian] - November and December 1941 saw some of the fiercest fighting of the north African campaign - culminating in the allied relief of Tobruk. It was in late November 1941, south-east of Tobruk, that Captain Philip "Pip" Gardner, who has died aged 88, won a Victoria Cross while serving with the 4th Royal Tank Regiment (RTR), 32nd Tank Brigade. On the morning of November 23 1941