John Richard Malseed (1926-2012)

Soldier

Service No:	330651
Rank:	2nd Lieutenant
Squadron:	?
Role:	Tank Commander
Service:	Enlisted Royal Artillery (Service No: 1151250). To RAC OCTU, 13 May 1943. Gazetted 2nd Lt, 17 Sep 1944.

Civilian

Occupation:	Veterinary Surgeon (MRCVS)
Residence:	Tooks, Witheridge, Tiverton, Devon
Birth:	26 Feb 1926 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Death:	1 June 2012 at home
Marriage:	to Mary C Pryor 28 Aug 1953 in Plymouth, Devon
Children:	1 son, 2 daughters
Images:	[Obituary, Veterinary Gazette, 22 Sep 2012]

Notes

"John Malseed was the son of a doctor in Northern Ireland, who originally intended to follow his father into that profession. On leaving school in 1942, he gained a place to study medicine at Edinburgh but, thinking that the war would only last another year, decided to take what would now be called a gap year.

Being a motor cycling enthusiast he volunteered to join the army as a dispatch rider (there was no conscription in Northern Ireland), but arrived in the 23rd Hussars via the Royal Artillery and Sandhurst."

Veterinary Gazette, 22 Sep 2012.