300818 (2623774) John Polson CORBETT, 2 Grenadier Guards: 18/07/1944

Personal Number: 300818
Army Number: 2623774
Rank: Lieutenant
Name: Honourable John Polson Corbett
Unit: 2 Grenadier Guards


London Gazette: 24 December 1943
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36298/supplement/5583/data.pdf
The undermentioned Cadets to be 2nd Lts. 2ist Nov. 1943:—
FOOT GUARDS.
Gren. G'ds.
2623774 Hon. John *Dobson CORBETT (300818).

London Gazette : 28 January 1944
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36350/supplement/529/data.pdf
FOOT GUARDS.
Gren. G'ds.
* The Christian names of 2nd Lt. Hon. John Polson CORBETT (300818) are as now described and not as stated in London Gazette (Supplement) dated 24th Dec. 1943.

 

Casualty Details | CWGC
LIEUTENANT The Hon. JOHN POLSON CORBETT
Service Number: 300818
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Grenadier Guards, 2nd Bn.
Date of Death: Died 18 July 1944
Age 19 years old
Commemorated at BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Memorial Reference: Panel 12, Column 2.
Location: France
Additional Info: Son of Lt.-Col. Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, M.C., T.D., D.L. (formerly of The Royal Scots Fusiliers), and Lady Rowallan, of Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

 

See also

• Person Page

His father

• 25560 Thomas Godfrey Polson CORBETT, KT, KBE, MC, TD, (Grenadier Guards WW1), Royal Scots Fusiliers

His brothers

• 89841 Arthur Cameron CORBETT, MiD, Ayrshire Yeomanry & Royal Artillery
• 207644 Thomas Anthony CORBETT, MC, MiD, 1 Grenadier Guards