In Memory Of
REDFERN, ALAN GARDINER
Service Details
Age:
37
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
291976
Rank:
Captain
Unit 2:
and Long Range Desert Group.
Regiment:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Date of Death:
1943-11-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Leros. He was killed in action instantly by machine gun fire on Leros whilst leading a composite LRDG and SBS party in a close struggle with 500 German parachutists who had been dropped on the narrow strip between Gurna and Alinda bays.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
3. C. 9.
Cemetery:
LEROS WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Greece
Additional Information
Decorations:
M B E
Citations:
LG Sup 1 January 1943 pg. 12 - "For running commando training courses in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia"
Son of Arthur William and Margaret A. Redfern of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia; husband of Agnes Opal Redfern, of Salisbury.
