ARMY CDOS Haig-Thomas, David

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Haig-Thomas ​

• FORENAME

David ​

• UNIT

4 Commando (C Troop) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

120492 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th June 1944 ​

• AGE

35 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bavent Churchyard,France near north-west corner ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Army Service Corps​

born London​

resided Berkshire​

son of Peter and Maud Haig-Thomas​

husband of Nancy Haig-Thomas,Kirby-le-Soken,Essex​

educated Cambridge University​

Rowing Blue​

Olympic oarsman​

naturalist and explorer​

KIA Normandy ​

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[John Martin]

David Haig-Thomas

David Haig-Thomas dropped with 6 Airborne Division in the early hours of D-Day as a liaison officer. He was killed in an enemy ambush, shortly after landing. Two young Fench boys later recovered his body, and took it to a farmhouse near the village of Bavent. I have always assumed that is why he is buried in the churchyard there.