Basic Details
Surname
Musgrave
Forenames
Christopher Michael
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
His biography on the college website (see references) states: ‘Christopher Michael was the second of the three sons of Sir Christopher Norman Musgrave, 6th Baronet of Tourin and his wife, Kathleen Chapman. He had one sister. He and his elder brother were born in Buenos Aires. They returned from there with their mother on June 14th 1924. Their father’s sister, Dorothy, travelled with them. The manifest shows their address as 14, The Terrace, Jersey, Channel Islands.
He matriculated in 1941 and was up at Christ Church for a year. On October 3rd 1942, he was gazetted as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Irish Guards. He was a Lieutenant with the 1st Battalion when he was killed at Anzio on January 30th 1944. He is buried at the Anzio War Cemetery Plot III, K, 1,'
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
Town of death
Anzio
Country of burial
Italy
Town of burial
Anzio
Cemetery
War Cemetery
Year of death
1944
Month of death
January
Day of death
30
Age at death
20
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action