In Memory Of
KENYON, DESMOND THOMAS
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1920-03-13
Service No:
41258V
Rank:
Captain
Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-07-02
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received in artillery barrage at the road junction, west of Sinalunga, Italy. Their advance was held up by a congestion of tanks and self-propelled guns and this offered a good target for enemy artillery and mortars. They were part of the PR reconnaissance troop
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. N. 5.
Cemetery:
FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of George Inglis and Sylvia Anne Kenyon (nee Hitge), of "The Residency", Lady Frere, Cape Province. Born Umtata, Cape Province. A scholar. He was unmarried.
