Simmon Latutin

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Simmon Latutin
25 July 1916 – 30 December 1944
Place of birth London
Place of death Mogadishu, Somaliland
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Captain
Unit Somalia Gendarmerie
Battles/wars World War II
Awards George Cross

Captain Simmon Latutin GC (25 July 1916–30 December 1944) was a British Army officer who was posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest British (and Commonwealth) award for bravery out of combat. He won his award for the gallantry he showed in rescuing 2 comrades, and attempting to save a boy, from a blazing ammunition store on the 29 December 1944 in Mogadishu, Somaliland.

He was commissioned into the The Somerset Light Infantry in 1942, and was seconded to the Somalia Gendarmerie at the time of his GC action. He died of his burns the next day.[1] He was born on the 25 July 1916 in London and had been educated at London Polytechnic and the Royal Academy of Music, where a memorial to him was unveiled in 2006.[2] Notice of his award appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette of the 6 September 1946, dated 10 September 1946.[3] He is buried in the Nairobi war cemetery Kenya.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Simmon Latutin, GC. George Cross database. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
  2. ^ Update page. George Cross database (12 December 2006). Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
  3. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37717, page 4507, 6 September 1946. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
  4. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission — casualty details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.

[edit] See also

List of George Cross recipients

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