Casualty Major SYRETT, JOHN DAVID ALFRED Service Number 67593 Died 22/07/1944 Aged 28 1st Bn. Welsh Guards Son of Herbert Sutton Syrett and Rosina Alice Syrett, of High Holborn, London. B.A. (Cantab.). INSCRIPTION: HE IS NOT DEAD, HE DOTH NOT SLEEP, HE HATH AWAKENED FROM THE DREAM OF LIFE Buried at BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY Location: Calvados, France Number of casualties: 2038 Cemetery/memorial reference: V. F. 16. See cemetery plan
Personal Number: 67593 Rank: Major Name: John David Alfred SYRETT Unit: Welsh Guards London Gazette : 24 April 1936 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34277/page/2627/data.pdf The undermentioned to be 2nd Lts. 25th Apr. 1936:— FOOT GUARDS. W. G'ds.— John David Alfred SYRETT (late Cadet, Stowe Sch. Contgt., Jun. Div., O.T.C.). London Gazette : 25 July 1939 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34648/supplement/5107/data.pdf The undermentioned University Candidates to be 2nd Lts., 26th July 1939, with seniority 27th Jan. 1938, except where otherwise stated : — W. G'ds.—Lt. John David Alfred SYRETT, from Supp. Res. of Off., W. G'ds. London Gazette : 28 January 1941 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35056/supplement/539/data.pdf FOOT GUARDS. W. G'ds. The undermentioned 2nd Lts. to be Lts. 1st Jan. 1941: — J. D. A. Syrett (67593).