King, Geoffry Sholto Douglas
- Date of birth:
- September 11th, 1913 (Walton on Thames, Great Britain)
- Date of death:
- February 5th, 1945 (Dieteren Limburg)
- Buried on:
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Nederweert
Plot: III. Row: B. Grave: 5.
- Service number:
- 164667
- Nationality:
- British

Biography
Promotions:
21st December 1940: 2nd Lieutenant;
21st June 1942: Lieutenant (War Subs.);
26th April 1944: temporary Captain.
Geoffrey Sholto Douglas King is a son of Henry Douglas King and Mary Beatrice King (née Key), of Small Dole, Sussex. He was born in Walton on Thames on September 11, 1913 and was baptized there on October 27, 1913. His father was born in India because his parents lived there at the time. (source: www.deetere.com)
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Unit:
- 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, 38th (Lincoln and Leicester) Brigade, 46th Infantry Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- April 6th, 1944
Received in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.
Sources
- Photo: Stichting Adoptiegraven Nederweert
- - Supplement to The London Gazette of 10th January 1941, Issue 35040, dated 14th January 1941
- Supplement to The London Gazette of 4th April 1944, Issue 36456, dated 6th April 1944
- Commonwealth Wargraves Commission
- Adoptiegraven Nederweert