Name
Victor Eugene De Soissons
4/11/1924
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
10/04/1945
21 Yrs.
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
295061
Scots Guards
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Rheinberg War Cemetery
12. H. 14
Germany
Headstone Inscription
He has no family inscription on his Headstone.
UK & Other Memorials
Aldbury WW2 Memorial Plaque, Scots Guards WW 2 Memorial, Eton Collage WW 2 Memorial
Pre War
Victor Eugene De Soissons was born on 4th November 1924, in Chelsea, London, son of Pierre Amedee De Soissons believed to be a Colonel in the Boarder Regiment and Olive Ruth De Soissons (nee Holbeck). His parents were married on 28th April 1923, in Kensington, London.
Victor was Educated at Eton Collage, Eton, Bucks.
The 1939 Register records Victor aged 14, a boarder at Eton Collage, Durnford House, Eton, Bucks.
Wartime Service
Victor enlisted in 1943 as a Cabet Officer (Possible Service No. 2701385) Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant (Service No. 295061) to the Scots Guards on 1st October 1943, promoted Lieutenant on 1st April 1944.
Victor was Killed in Action on 10th April 1945, he is buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp, Lintfort, Nord Rhein-Westfel, Germany. Grave Ref; 12. H. 14.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
