121551 Lieutenant Desmond Glover KINGSFORD, MC, 3 Irish Guards: 10/08/1944

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Kingsford, Desmond Glover
Rank: Lieutenant Temporary Captain
Service No: 121551
Regiment: 3 Battalion Irish Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Cross
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 21 December 1944
Date 1944
Catalogue reference WO 373/49

 

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Casualty

Captain KINGSFORD, DESMOND GLOVER
Service Number 121551
Died 10/08/1944
Aged 30
3rd Bn. Irish Guards
M C
Son of Douglas H. and Margaret M. Kingsford, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Buried at TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Location: Calvados, France
Cemetery/memorial reference: IX. H. 10.
See cemetery plan

 

Personal Number: 121551
Rank: Lieutenant
Name: Desmond Glover KINGSFORD, MC
Unit: Irish Guards

London Gazette : 1 March 1940
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34802/supplement/1234/data.pdf
The undermentioned from 163rd Offr. Cadet Trng. Unit, to be 2nd Lts. 25th Feb. 1940: —
FOOT GUARDS.
I. Gds.
Desmond Glover KINGSFORD (121551).

London Gazette : 21 December 1944
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36850/supplement/5855/data.pdf
Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Desmond Glover Kingsford (121551), Irish Guards (Fleet, Hants) (since killed in action).

 

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CAPTAIN DESMOND GLOVER KINGSFORD
Awards: Military Cross
Service Number: 121551
Regiment & Unit: 3rd Bn. Irish Guards
Date of Death: 10 August 1944
Age 30 years old
Buried or commemorated at TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Grave Reference: IX. H. 10.
Location: France
Additional Info: Son of Douglas H. and Margaret M. Kingsford, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.