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All extra information is has been provided by the College Archivist (see References) in response to an enquiry from the IWM, including this biographical detail: '(1928) Born 1 December 1908, 41 Princes Gardens, Knightsbridge, London; son of Peter Haig-Thomas, of independent means, and Maud Frances Nelson; m Nancy Bury; 2 sons (Tony and Geoffrey). Tutor(s): E A Benians. Johnian Relatives: uncle of Hugo Alistair Christian Haig-Thomas (1971). Educ: St David’s School, Reigate; Eton College. Career: Explorer, including expeditions to Abyssinia (with Wilfred Thesiger), and the Arctic (joining Ernest Shackleton’s expedition, as photographer and ornithologist, later undertaking his own expedition, during which he discovered a new island off the Canadian coast, now named after him); Eskimo Linguist, Iceland; Commando, Parachute Regiment, No 4 Commando and 6th Airborne Division. Appointments: Rower (bow), Men's Coxed Eights, Great Britain, Summer Olympics, Los Angeles 1932. Publications: I Leap Before I Look, Putnam, 1936; Tracks in the Snow, Hodder & Stoughton, 1939. Died 6 June 1944 (killed in action in Normandy).' CWGC gives his rank but lists him serving in the RASC.