Garstin, Patrick Banniste
- Date of death:
- August 9th, 1944 (Beauvais, France)
- Buried on:
- French-British War Cemetery Marissel
Grave: 235. - Nationality:
- British
Biography
September 1943: Captain
1944: Operation Gain, POW, executed by the SS.
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Military Cross (MC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Second-Lieutenant
- Unit:
- 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles, 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- July 11th, 1940
Presented by Montgomery at Tourcoing on 26 May 1940.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Unit:
- D Squadron, 1st SAS Regiment, Special Air Service (SAS), Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
- Awarded for:
- Operation Gain
Sources
- - Orr, D., The Rifles Are There: 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Ulster Rifles in the Second World War
- SAS Garstin, Patrick Bannister
- Casualty
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34893/supplement/4263/data.pdf
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