Identity
Person No.
7836
Service No.
42769V
Last Name
First Name
Lionel French
Initials
L F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SUIC 386
Suicide
Cause of Death
Committed suicide, self inflicted bullet wound to the head, near Lake Massaciuccoli, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Major
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes
Son of Frank E. and J. G. Gallimore, of Bantry Court, Bantry Bay, Cape Town. Husband of Marjorie Mary Gallimore (nee Mann), of King Edward Hotel, Port Elizabeth. Born Walmer, Port Elizabeth. A factory representative. He had no children. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
Citations
LG Sup 24 September 1942 - "For gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East"
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