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Name: MONTAGU, Charles Sydney Beattie DFC
Nee: son of Monthermer Stanley Hume Montagu of Rumuruti
Birth Date: 8 June 1918 Nairobi
Death Date: 24 July 1942 killed in action, Western Desert, N. Africa
First Date: 1918
Last Date: 1942
Profession: Farmer
Area: Rumuruti, Kericho
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Kenton, Hut, CWGC, KR
School: Kenton College - left 1932; Prince of Wales
General Information:
CWGC - Charles Sidney Beattie Montagu DFC, Flight Lieutenant 86433, 208 Sqdn., RAFVR who died on Friday, 24th July 1942. Age 24. Son of Monthermer Stanley Hume Montagu, MC, and of Harriet Jessie Montagu (née Forbes), of Thomson's Falls, Kenya. Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Hut - Kenya Tea Co.
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 208). He was shot down by enemy aircraft near El Imayid.
Tom Lawrence: At 1430hrs Ft/Lieut. C.S.B Montagu DFC of 208 Squadron had taken off in a Hurricane PR1, escorted by a Mk. II, to carry out a photo reconnaissance sortie. Near El Imayid station, when diving for home with his mission completed, he was attacked by three Messerschmitt Bf 109s and shot down.