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Recovered 31.07.2023 from https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2188552/desmond-woodnutt/
SAPPER DESMOND WOODNUTT
Service Number: 1894107
Royal Engineers, and 2 Troop, 11 Commando.
Date of Death 09 June 1941 Age 28 years old
Buried SIDON WAR CEMETERY Coll. grave 3. F. 4-11. Lebanese Republic
Son of the Revd. Alfred George Woodnutt and Helen Woodnutt, of Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Methodist Local Preacher.
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, September 26, 1941 Page 3
The Late Mr. D. Woodnutt
In a letter of sympathy to the Rev. A.G. and Mrs. Woodnutt with regard to their son Desmond, Lieut. R.B. Davidson writes : -
"'Flash' Woodnutt, as he was known to my troop, was one of the more intelligent type of soldier. He was the man who was called upon to do the difficult jobs, and it would be a task to find a more efficient pair of hands anywhere.
"He was killed in action with the Commando (11th Scottish); a true and ardent Christian. Given a decent burial, we left him there by a river in Syria; a true British soldier who had paid the supreme sacrifice in the defence of his country."