Guinness, Walter Edward, 1st Baron Moyne

Date of birth:: March 29th, 1880 (Dublin, Ireland)
Date of death:: November 6th, 1944 (Cairo, Egypt)
Buried on:: Commonwealth War Graves Saint Mary Churchyard
Nationality:: British

Biography

Walter Guinness served in the British Army from 1899–1918 and reached the rank of Brigade Major.

He and his driver were assassinated by the Jewish group Lehi on 6 November 1944 in Cairo.

Political career during the Second World War:
21 January 1932 – 6 November 1944: Member of the House of Lords/Lord Temporal
10 May 1940 – 8 February 1941: Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
8 February 1941 – 22 February 1942: Leader of the House of Lords/Secretary of State for the Colonies
Until 6 November 1944: British minister of state in the Middle East

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Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Major
Awarded on:: September 26th, 1917

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Major
Awarded on:: July 26th, 1918

"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as brigade major throughout operations and during a subsequent retirement. He carried out continual reconnaissances under heavy shell fire and with an absolute disregard of danger, and on one occasion he personally assisted to re-establish the line, leading forward men who had fallen back. His fine example and untiring energy and his reports throughout were invaluable."

Second DSO received as bar attached to the ribbon of the first aqard.