PARAS des Voeux, Sir William Richard de Bacquencourt,9th Baronet (Dick)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

des Voeux ​

• FORENAME

Sir William Richard de Bacquencourt,9th Baronet (Dick) ​

• UNIT

156 Bn (Grenadier Guards,attached) (C.O.) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

52592 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th September 1944 ​

• AGE

32 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery,Netherlands 6.C.10 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 27.12.1911 London​

son of LtCol Henry John,OBE and Dorothy Gladys Turner Farley des Voeux​

husband of Lady des Voeux (Jean Margaret Rew Elkington),Adbury Holt,Newbury,​

Berkshire (married 1939) (3 daughters)​

Grenadier Guards 27.8.1931​

3 and 2 Bns 1937​

GSO3 1940-41 (Major)​

Mention in Despatches (twice) with Parachute Regiment​

KIA Arnhem​

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