Dacre Lovett Haddon1

#23730, (1922 - 1944)
FatherHugh Evelyn Haddon1
MotherIsabel Annie Godart Lovett1 (1886 - )
Relationship3rd great-grandson of Peter Godart
ChartsPeter Godart & Mary Dowson - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart
BirthDacre Lovett Haddon was born in Jan 1922.1
 
NoteDacre Haddon from Diocesan College, Rondebosch region was named a Rhodes Scholar to Trinity College, Oxford in 1941.2 
DeathDacre died on 6 Jul 1944 in Italy.3,4
 
Newspaper English newspaper clipping with no name or date: "HADDON.--In July, 1944, killed in action in Italy, Lieut. Dacre Lovett Haddon, dearly loved younger son of Mr and Mrs Evelyn Haddon, Fairseat, Kenilworth, Capetown."3 
NoteDacre L Haddon is commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website with a photograph of his grave in Florence War Cemetery, Italy. It notes that he was a Lieutenant with the Pretoria Regiment, S A Forces, nationality South African, age 22, and the son of Evelyn and Isabel Haddon, of Kenilworth, Cape Town.4 
Last Edited2 Nov 2014

Citations

  1. UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (images viewed at ancestry.com). Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26."Evelyn and Isabel Haddon, SS Ceramic, 19 May 1927."
  2. The Rhodes Trust website.
  3. Andrews Collection. (newspaper clippings on index cards), Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, Kent, England. Images viewed at Ancestry.com.
  4. Website Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register (http://www.cwgc.org/), Dacre L Haddon.