Tuomas Gerdt

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Tuomas Gerdt
Birth name	Kaiho Tuomas Albin Gerdt
Born	(1922-05-28)28 May 1922 Heinävesi, Finland
Died	1 November 2020(2020-11-01) (aged 98) Helsinki, Finland
Allegiance	Finland
Service / branch	Finnish Defense Forces
Rank	Captain
Battles / wars	World War II Winter War Continuation War
Awards	Knight of the Mannerheim Cross

Kaiho Tuomas Albin Gerdt (28 May 1922 – 1 November 2020) was a Finnish soldier and Knight of the Mannerheim Cross, numbered #95.^[1] He was born in Heinävesi. 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.^[2] Gerdt, serving as the chairman of the Mannerheim Cross Knight Foundation, was the last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross.^[3]