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Des Voeux, William Richard de Bacquencourt

Date of birth:
December 27th, 1911 (Chelsea district, London, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
September 20th, 1944 (Arnhem/Gelderland, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Arnhem Oosterbeek
Plot: 6. Row: C. Grave: 10.
Nationality:
British

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:
156th Parachute Battalion, 4th Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division, British Army
Awarded on:
August 24th, 1944
For gallantry in action on 9 November 1943 in Italy.


Posthumously awarded.
Mentioned in Dispatches

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:
156th Parachute Battalion, 4th Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division, British Army
Awarded on:
September 20th, 1945
Awarded for:
Operation Market Garden
For gallantry in action in September 1944 in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

Posthumously awarded.
Mentioned in Dispatches

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