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Simmon Latutin

George Cross recipient in World War II

Died when: 28 years 158 days (341 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Simmon Latutin

Captain Simmon Latutin GC (25 July 1916 – 30 December 1944) was a British Army officer who was posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest British (and Commonwealth) award for bravery out of combat.

He won his award for the gallantry he showed in rescuing two comrades, and attempting to save a boy, from a blazing ammunition store on 29 December 1944 in Mogadishu, Somaliland.


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