David Lionel Brendon
Person details
| Forename(s) | David Lionel |
|---|---|
| Surname | Brendon |
| Rank | Captain |
| Regiment | Dorsetshire Regiment |
| Age | 24 |
| Death | Killed accidently on active service, 1942 |
| Place of Death | UK |
| Date of Death | 11/08/1942 |
| Year of Entry | 1932 |
| House Letter | G |
| School Notes | |
| Comments | Elder brother of MJ Brendon |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 4th Battalion |
| Prefect | School Prefect |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 21 |
| Battle | |
| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | UK > Gressingham |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Sandhurst, 1936. Married |
| Prep School | Connaught House |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary |
October 18 1942. On 11th August 1942, accidentally killed on service. David Lionel Brendon, Captain, Dorset Regiment (Boyd's, G, 1932-35). David Brendon left behind him at Radley, memories of solid character combined with a friendly and unassuming disposition. One felt that his heart was in all his activities. whether at work. on the river, or in his 'administrative duties as a Prefect. He had always intended to adopt a military career, and he passed into Sandhurst in 1936, being afterwards gazetted into the Dorset Regiment. He was married in 1941. A friend writes of him: "When I think of David Brendon, I see not only an individual but a type. The British service tradition working in the best kind of home has produced so many like him,-l ike him. that is, in spite of all individuality, in a basic kindliness, simplicity, and undemonstrative devotion to certain highly important ends. There may be things in the national traditoin that we overestimate; but we are not far wrong on being proud of the David Brendons. It is no accident that war shows a dreadful selective power in dealing with them." |
| Service Number | 74661 |
| Place of Birth |
