My paternal Grandfather was a replacement for those killed during the Battle of Normandy. He initially was in the Herts and Beds Regt but eventually saw action as an Infantryman with the Royal Warwicks (185th Infantry Brigade, 30th Corps), serving from August 44 all the way through to the end of the war (Market Garden, Crossing of the Rhine), was never wounded. Only thing he ever told my Gran was having to burn out Hitler Youth Waffen SS with flamethrowers as they wouldn't surrender. He was one of 6 from a platoon of 42 to come back. He was just down the road from the famous King David Hotel bombing in Jerusalem in 1948. I never knew him, he died aged 52 from the 1970s equivalent of MRSA and a dodgy heart valve (that I have inherited!).
For those of you who wish to know more, you can request service records via the link here:
https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records
Seems Grandad was a bit naughty whilst on leave and went AWOL for 4 days in Brussels!