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Special Forces - Roll Of Honour » Archive » SAS » Roll Of Honour » John Geoffrey Appleyard
Surname Appleyard
Forename John Geoffrey
Unit 2 SAS
Rank Major
Number 86639
Date of death 13th July 1943
Age 26
Gravesite Cassino Memorial,Italy Panel 12
Additional information parent unit Royal Army Service Corps
born 20.12.1916 Leeds,Yorkshire
son of John Ernest and Mary Elizabeth Appleyard,Linton,Yorkshire
M.A.(Cantab)
member British Ski-ing team 1938-39
awards D.S.O.,M.C. and bar
D.S.O. with 62 Commando (SSRF) (London Gazette 28.1.1943) (Captain A/Major)
aircraft failed to return after supervising drop of Op.Chestnut (Sicily)
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