Guy Lenox Prendergast
Lieutenant Colonel · #32106 · HQ Patrol · DSO
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
|---|---|
| Service number | #32106 |
| Patrol | HQ Patrol |
| Regiment | Royal Tank Regiment |
| Honours | DSO |
What this roll records
Appointed second-in-command of the Raiding Forces in the Aegean (17 October 1943). After the fall of Leros hid on Mount Tortore, remaining concealed until evacuated by an RAF air-sea rescue launch on 22 November. Source: ‘Invasion of the Dodecanese Islands’ (Battle of Leros / Assault on Levita), Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
Lt.Col. G.L. Prendergast D.S.O., joined Feb 1941 (R.T.R.); succeeded Bagnold as CO. LRDG Unit Casualty Returns (A.F. 3010), Appendix 3 officers list (source: Brendan O'Carroll).
March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): CO Unit
The Kiwi Scorpions (Brendan O'Carroll): Col. G. L. Prendergast, DSO — Royal Tank Regiment; CO LRDG 1941–43; second-in-command Raiding Forces (Aegean) 1943.
As commanding officer of the LRDG, directed the unit’s reconnaissance of southern Tunisia for Eighth Army, which found the routes for the outflanking of the Mareth Line. Source: ‘The Eighth Army Advance / Reconnaissance in Tunisia’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
Royal Tank Regiment. DSO. CO LRDG 1941–43; second-in-command Raiding Forces 1943. Source: Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (biographical notes).
A pre-war desert explorer and airman, joined the LRDG in February 1941 and created its two-aircraft ‘air force’, flying one Waco himself. Became commanding officer of the LRDG when Bagnold moved to GHQ in August 1941. Source: ‘Long Range Desert Group in Libya, 1940–41’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
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