Identity
Person No.
8963
Service No.
110032V
Last Name
First Name
Dacre Lovett
Initials
D L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during enemy shelling of the tank harbour positions near Villa a Sesta, Italy
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Armour
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Pretoria Regiment, formed 1 July 1913 as an Active Citizen Force infantry battalion. Converted to armour 1943 (Italian Campaign, RAC depots in Egypt). Renamed Pretoria Armour Regiment 2019; one of 52 Reserve Force units renamed that year.
Notes
Son of Hugh Evelyn and Isabel Annie Goddart (nee Lovett) Haddon, of "Fairseat", Alexandria Road, Kenilworth, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A student. He was unmarried. Dacre Haddon from Diocesan College, Rondebosch region was named a Rhodes Scholar to Trinity College in 1941/2. Remembered on Diocesan College Roll of Honour. He attended Diocesan College 1930-39.
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