In Memory Of

HADDON, DACRE LOVETT

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1922-01-10
Service No:
 110032V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
 formerly 6th Mounted Regiment
Date of Death:
 1944-07-06
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during enemy shelling of the tank harbour positions near Villa a Sesta, Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XI. G. 8.
Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Hugh Evelyn and Isabel Annie Goddart (nee Lovett) Haddon, of "Fairseat", Alexandria Road, Kenilworth, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A student. He was unmarried. Dacre Haddon from Diocesan College, Rondebosch region was named a Rhodes Scholar to Trinity College in 1941/2. Remembered on Diocesan College Roll of Honour. He attended Diocesan College 1930-39.