Desmond Kingsford
1914–1944 (age 30)
Biography
Desmond Kingsford, born in 1914, achieved distinction as a rower before the war, and he brought the focus and discipline honed on the water to his military service.
He fell in 1944 and was laid to rest in Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery, where his memory continues to inspire respect for his dual legacy as an athlete and a soldier.