Identity
Person No.
8887
Service No.
137267
Last Name
First Name
John Desmond Thomas
Initials
J D T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, enfilade fire from German anti-tank guns, while leading a platoon of "A" Company in a frontal assault across a landing-ground
Military Service
Location
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Locality
Unknown
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Notes
Son of Colonel the Hon. Sir Ernest Lucas Guest, K.B.E., C.M.G., C.V.O., and Lady Edith May Guest, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Was granted a Rhodes Scholarship at Trinity College, Oxford. On Ruzawi Preparatory School War Memorial, near Marandellas, Rhodesia. Remembered on Diocesan College Roll of Honour. He attended Diocesan College 1933-37. His uncle (WW1) and twin brother (WW2) also died in service
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