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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 425" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Easonsmith </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John Richard (Jake) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>LRDG Commanding Officer </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant Colonel </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>140546 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>16th November 1943 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>43 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Leros War Cemetery,Greece 3.B.3 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Royal Tank Regiment,R.A.C.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 12.4.1909 Bristol</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Coombe Dingle,Bristol</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of George and Daisy Aldridge Easonsmith,Bristol</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Honor Gertrude (nee Marsh) Easonsmith,Rudgeway,Gloucestershire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Mill Hill School,London</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Clifton College,Bristol</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>travelling salesman,Emu Wine Company,Bristol in civilian life</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 Gloucestershire Searchlight Regiment,Royal Artillery (Sgt) 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned Royal Tank Regiment (2Lt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award M.C. (London Gazette 21.10.1941) (2Lt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>joined LRDG March 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>previously served in Y and R1 patrols</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award D.S.O. (London Gazette 26.11.1942) (Captain)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Leros</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Clifton War Memorial ("Eason-Smith" - error)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 35396, 26th December 1941, Page 7334 (MC)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 35799, 24th November 1941, Page 5141 (DSO)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-easonsmith.1918/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1918-bcecd77f12e9fd127aab749dede7bf1b.jpg?1591383364" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-easonsmith.171/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/custom_thumbnail/0/171-996a3082f70c5aa81da66fd9a4f89b32.jpg?1646594916" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-easonsmith.8382/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/custom_thumbnail/8/8382-eb78ed89d93a153338d7de05329a6d06.jpg?1646594982" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-easonsmith-grave.36452/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36452-5c0ccaef0f85bc49a202dbe029bec785.jpg?1646594671" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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