page_title: John Richard Easonsmith
hierarchical_section_title: John Richard Easonsmith
caption_attribution_description: English: Captain (later Major) John Richard Easonsmith MC, DSO of the LRDG.]]. en:Category:LRDG en:Category:Groups of World War II en:Category:Special forces of New Zealand en:Category:Special forces units and formations en:Category:Military units and formations established in 1940 en:fr:Long Range Desert Group en:it:Long Range Desert Group
context_page_description: John Richard Easonsmith DSO, MC was a British Army soldier during World War 2. 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."
context_section_description: John ("Jake") Richard Easonsmith DSO, MC (12 April 1909 – 16 November 1943) was a British Army soldier during World War 2. 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."
caption: "Jake" Easonsmith
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