89505 Second Lieutenant Adrian John Bates VAN DE WEYER, MiD, 1 Rifle Brigade: 26/05/1940

Personal Number: 89505
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Name: Adrian John Bates VAN DE WEYER, MiD
Unit: Rifle Brigade


London Gazette : 16 June 1939
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34636/page/4047/data.pdf
GENERAL LIST.
UNIVERSITY CANDIDATES.
Adrian John Bates VANDE WEYER to be 2nd Lt. 13th June 1939.

London Gazette : 17 November 1939
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34737/supplement/7782/data.pdf
Rifle Bde.
1st Oct. 1939: —
Adrian John Bates VAN DE WEYER (89505), from Gen. List, (T.A.).

London Gazette : 20 September 1945
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37274/supplement/4683/data.pdf
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Defence of Calais in May, 1940.
Rifle Bde.
2/Lt. A. J. B. Van de WEYER (89505) (killed in action).
(Tlhe ranks shown against the names of the above officers are those held by them at the itime they were irecommended)

 

London Gazette : 20 September 1945
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37274/supplement/4683/data.pdf

 

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/f...tails/2214726/adrian-john-bates-van-de-weyer/
SECOND LIEUTENANT ADRIAN JOHN BATES VAN DE WEYER
Service Number: 89505
Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Rifle Brigade
Date of Death: 26 May 1940
Age 20 years old
Buried or commemorated at CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Grave Reference: Plot K. Grave 2.
Location: France
Additional Info: Son of William John Bates Van de Weyer and Olive Elizabeth Van de Weyer, of Dorchester, Dorsetshire.
Personal Inscription: "I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU"

 

See also:

• Person Page
• Private Diary: CALAIS, May 1940, 1st Battalion RIFLE BRIGADE, Major AW ALLEN
  
• "The Second-in-Command of I Company, Adrian [John Bates] VAN DE WEYER, was eventually killed defending the point of junction with the 60th where P.S.M. [Ivan John] WILLIAMS had already lost his life, and 2/Lieutenant [George Ambler] THOMAS in circumstances not known."
  
• https://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/124/2021/05/4.-Saturday-25-May.pdf
  
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• https://www.britishmilitaryhistory..../2020/12/9.-Officers-Rifle-Brigade-Calais.pdf
  
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His brother:

• Sylvain Victor Bates Van de Weyer
• Person Page