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Lamonby, Kenneth Butler

Date of birth:
1917 (Kingston district/Surrey, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
July 11th, 1943 (Crete, Greece)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Suda Bay
Plot: 13. Row: E. Grave: 12.
Service number:
160965
Nationality:
British

Biography

Lt. Lamonby was educated at Culford School and completed an Officer Cadet Training Unit, graduating on 14 December 1940. That day, he was commissioned at The Suffolk Regiment [emergency commission]. Lamonby was seconded to the Special Boat Squadron (S Detachment). He went missing during a covert operation on Crete, and declared death weeks after.

Promotions:
14 December 1940: 2nd Lieutenant
? WS/Lt.

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