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NAME:                      Des Voeux, Sir William Richard de Bacquencourt   9th Bart
RANK:                      Lieutenant Colonel
UNIT:                      Grenadier Guards
BATTALION ETC:             Commanding 156th Battalion Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps 
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         52952
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    20th September 1944
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 32. Son of Lt.-Col. Henry John des Voeux, O.B.E., and Dorothy Gladys des Voeux/

                           Husband of Lady des Voeux (nee Elkington), of Adbury Holt, Newbury, Berkshire.