Tuomas Gerdt

Kaiho Tuomas Albin Gerdt (28 May 1922 – 1 November 2020) was a Knight of the Mannerheim Cross.Hurmerinta, Viitanen 2004, p. 73. Gerdt, serving as a junior runner officer in the infantry regiment 7, was awarded the Mannerheim Cross on 8 September 1942. At that time he held the rank of a Sergeant. After coming home from the war on 13 November 1944, Gerdt worked as a manager in Oy Wilh. Schauman Ab and as an office manager in Oy Kaukas Ab and Kymmene Oy.Hurmerinta 2008, p. 62. He was born in Heinävesi, Finland. 

Gerdt, serving as the chairman of the Mannerheim Cross Knight Foundation, is the last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross.Heikki Nykänen on kuollut - Vain yksi Mannerheim-ristin ritari jäljellä Aamulehti 7 December 2011. Accessed on 15 December 2011.

Gerdt died on 1 November 2020 in Helsinki at the age of 98.Viimeinen Mannerheim-ristin ritari Tuomas Gerdt on kuollut 

References

Other websites
 Hurmerinta, Ilmari; Viitanen, Jukka: Suomen puolesta, Mannerheim-ristin ritarit 1941-1945. Jyväskylä: Gummerus, 2004.
 Hurmerinta, Ilmari (ed.): Mannerheim-ristin ritarit: Ritarimatrikkeli. Mannerheim Cross Knight Foundation, 2008.

Category:1922 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:Finnish military people