Basic Details
Surname
Carpenter-Garnier
Forenames
John Prideaux
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
His biography on the college website (see references) states: ‘John was born in Wickham near Portsmouth, the younger son of George William Carpenter-Garnier and his wife, Cheston Isolda Prideaux-Brune. [His father was a brother of John Trefusis Carpenter-Garnier whose name is on the 1914-18 Memorial - IWM 31879.]
He was educated at Radley and Matriculated in 1940. He joined the Scots Guards and trained at Sandhurst. He was posted missing, initially, but had died on September 22nd 1943. He is buried in the Salerno Cemetery. Plot V. A. 20. He is commemorated on the War Memorial at Wickham, Hampshire, as is his uncle, and in the Royal Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Italy
Country of burial
Italy
Town of burial
Salerno
Cemetery
Cemetery
Year of death
1943
Month of death
September
Day of death
22
Age at death
22
Manner of death reference
Missing