John Richard Easonsmith | |
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![]() "Jake" Easonsmith | |
Nickname(s) | Jake |
Born | Bristol, England | 12 April 1909
Died | 16 November 1943 Leros, Greece | (aged 34)
Buried | Leros war cemetery grave reference 3.B.3 |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1939–1943 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Service number | 140546 |
Commands | Long Range Desert Group |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
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."[1]