Simmon Latutin

Simmon Latutin
Born July 25, 1916(1916-07-25)
London
Died December 30, 1944(1944-12-30) (aged 28)
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 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 Regent Street 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]

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References

  1. ^ "Simmon Latutin, GC". George Cross database. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20071116141053/http://www.gc-database.co.uk/recipients/LatutinS.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-18. 
  2. ^ "Update page". George Cross database. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20071028000207/http://gc-database.co.uk/new.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-24. 
  3. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37717. p. 4507. 6 September 1946. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth War Graves Commission — casualty details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2160690. Retrieved 2007-11-25.