SAS Widdrington, Edward Antony Fitzherbert (Tony)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Widdrington ​

• FORENAME

Edward Antony Fitzherbert (Tony) ​

• UNIT

2 SAS ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

63144 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th January 1944 ​

• AGE

29 ​

• GRAVESITE

Assisi War Cemetery,Italy X.C.8 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards,R.A.C.​

born India​

resided Buckinghamshire​

son of Brig-General Bertram Fitzherbert,CMG,DSO and Enid Widdrington,​

Felton,Northumberland​

former Transjordan Frontier Force​

award M.C.,Mention in Despatches (posthumous)​

Op.Pomegranate - killed while arming bomb on airfield,San Egido,Italy ​

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