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John ("Jake") Richard Easonsmith DSO, MC (12 April 1909 – 16 November 1943) was a British Army soldier during World War II. He was killed in action on the Dodecanese island of Leros whilst commanding the Long Range Desert Group in 1943. W. B. Kennedy-Shaw described him as: "Brave, wise, with an uprightness that shamed lesser men, he was, I think, the finest man we ever had in the L.R.D.G."

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  • John ("Jake") Richard Easonsmith DSO, MC (12 April 1909 – 16 November 1943) was a British Army soldier during World War II. He was killed in action on the Dodecanese island of Leros whilst commanding the Long Range Desert Group in 1943. W. B. Kennedy-Shaw described him as: "Brave, wise, with an uprightness that shamed lesser men, he was, I think, the finest man we ever had in the L.R.D.G." (en)
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  • Long Range Desert Group
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  • 1943-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 140546
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  • Black and white picture of a man with a short beard wearing a buttoned jacket and light-coloured trousers, facing left with his hands in his pockets (en)
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  • Second World War * North African Campaign ** Western Desert Campaign *** Operation Agreement **** Operation Caravan * Battle of Greece ** Dodecanese Campaign *** Battle of Leros (en)
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  • 1909-04-12 (xsd:date)
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  • Bristol, England (en)
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  • "Jake" Easonsmith (en)
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  • 1943-11-16 (xsd:date)
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  • Leros, Greece (en)
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  • John Richard Easonsmith (en)
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  • Jake (en)
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  • Leros war cemetery grave reference 3.B.3 (en)
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  • 140546 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1939 (xsd:integer)
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  • Commander, Long Range Desert Group (en)
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  • John ("Jake") Richard Easonsmith DSO, MC (12 April 1909 – 16 November 1943) was a British Army soldier during World War II. He was killed in action on the Dodecanese island of Leros whilst commanding the Long Range Desert Group in 1943. W. B. Kennedy-Shaw described him as: "Brave, wise, with an uprightness that shamed lesser men, he was, I think, the finest man we ever had in the L.R.D.G." (en)
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  • John Richard Easonsmith (en)
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