156038 Desmond Allan Shafto ADAIR, 6 Grenadier Guards: 10/11/1943

Personal Number: 156038
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Name: Desmond Allan Shafto ADAIR
Unit: Grenadier Guards


London Gazette : 19 November 1940
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34995/supplement/6621/data.pdf
The undermentioned Cadets, from 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th and 167th Officer Cadet Training Units, to be 2nd Lts. 2nd Nov. 1940:—
FOOT GUARDS.
Gren. G'ds.
Desmond Allan Shafto ADAIR (156038).

 

Casualty Details | CWGC
LIEUTENANT DESMOND ALLAN SHAFTO ADAIR
Service Number: 156038
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Grenadier Guards, 6th Bn.
Date of Death: Died 10 November 1943
Age 23 years old
Buried or commemorated at CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Grave Reference: XIX. A. 10.
Location: Italy
Additional Info: Son of Major-General Allan H. S. Adair, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., and E. V. I. Adair, of Hyde Park, London.
Personal Inscription: "WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE"

 

See also

• Person Page
  
• Captain Desmond Allan Shafto Adair
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His father:

• 15446 Sir Allan Henry Shafto ADAIR, Bt, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC*, MiD***, Grenadier Guards