Kaiho Tuomas Albin Gerdt (28 May 1922 – 1 November 2020) was a Finnish soldier and Knight of the Mannerheim Cross, numbered #95.

Gerdt, serving as a junior runner officer in the infantry regiment 7, was awarded the Mannerheim Cross on 8 September 1942.

[3] When the attack phase of the Continuation War started, Gerdt was serving as the runner of the chief of the machine gun unit.

Gerdt's exemplary action allowed the rifle company to proceed across a plain that was being heavily bombarded by the enemy.

During the Sevastopol base battles on Karelian isthmus in July 1942, Gerdt served as the runner of the chief of the 12th company of the infantry regiment 7, but also voluntarily participated in the counter-attack.

During the third conflict on 21 July, Gerdt found his superior officer, Captain Caj Toffer, lying severely wounded on a spot of terrain that had been bombarded with grenades.

Gerdt carried the mortally wounded Toffer to safety, ignoring the severe and continuous artillery fire.

Before being wounded, Gerdt, now having the rank of a Second Lieutenant, commanded a stub-sized platoon, which made successful counter-attacks to drive off the enemy.

A proposal to award Gerdt the Mannerheim Cross, signed by the chief of the Kannas Group, Lieutenant General Harald Öhquist on 24 July 1942, was sent to the military headquarters as a Creed message.

[8] Gerdt also participated in the National veterans' day celebration on 27 April 2012 in Espoo as the only living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross.