No.156093, Lieutenant, Richard Geoffrey WHISKARD
Aged 24
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Richard Geoffrey Whiskard was born in 1920 (Kensington Q2-1920 1A:178) ) son of Sir Geoffrey Granville WHISKARD, K.C.B.,K.C.M.G.,M.A, and Lady Cynthia
Salome Caroline WHISKARD (née REEVES), of Mildenhall (pre war in London). His mother died in 1940 in Sydney, Australia. His parents went out to
Australia in 1936, Sir Geoffrey being a Government official in the Mercantile Marine Dept. of the Board of Trade.
None have been found in the 1939 register, presumably his parents were in Australia and he was already in the Army. |
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The Welsh Guards were not formed until 1915. The 1st Battalion were in France as part of the Normandy invasion and lost 9 men on the 2nd August 1944.
Apparently he was buried near St Charles de Percy and re interred in the war cemetery there on 21st January 1946.
photo: Commonwealth War Graves Commission click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details |
