255169 James Gerald MARSHALL-CORNWALL, 4 Grenadier Guards: 30/07/1944

Personal Number: 255169
Rank: Lieutenant
Name: James Gerald MARSHALL-CORNWALL
Unit: Grenadier Guards


London Gazette : 12 January 1943
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35857/supplement/262/data.pdf
The undermentioned Cadets to be 2nd Lts. 5th Dec 1942 —
FOOT GUARDS
Gren G'ds
James Gerald MARSHALL-CORNWALL (255169)

London Gazette : 29 January 1943
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35880/supplement/531/data.pdf
FOOT GUARDS.
Gren. G'ds.
The undermentioned Cadets to be 2nd L ts.: —
4th Dec. 1942:—
Oliver Michael SAINSBURY (253898), with precedence next below 2nd Lt., J. G. Marshall-Cornwall (255169).

 

Casualty Details | CWGC
LIEUTENANT JAMES GERALD MARSHALL-CORNWALL
Service Number: 255169
Regiment & Unit: Grenadier Guards, 4th Bn.
Date of Death: Died 30 July 1944
Age 22 years old
Buried or commemorated at CAHAGNES ISOLATED GRAVE
Location: France
Additional Info
Son of General Sir James Handyside Marshall-Cornwall, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., and of Lady Marshall-Cornwall (nee Scott Owen), of Chelsea, London.
Personal Inscription: ALL YOU HAD, YOU GAVE... YOURSELVES YOU SCORNED TO SAVE

 

From The Grenadier Guards in the war of 1939-1945, by Nigel Nicolson and Patrick Forbes. v.2.

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Page 81

 

See also:

• Person Page
  
• Cahagnes Isolated Grave

His father:

• 1094 General Sir James Handyside MARSHALL-CORNWALL, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC, MiD*, Royal Artillery