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|Platoon or other sub-unit=ITC - Mortars - 24/11/1942, 11th Bn - Anti-Tank - 6/4/1943
 
|Platoon or other sub-unit=ITC - Mortars - 24/11/1942, 11th Bn - Anti-Tank - 6/4/1943
 
|Task or role=Platoon Duty Officer, 2i/c 6/4/1943
 
|Task or role=Platoon Duty Officer, 2i/c 6/4/1943
|Joined Brigade=06-Apr-43
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|Joined Brigade=06-Apr-43 - the date of the probable earlier posting to 11th Bn is not known.
 
|Promotions=W/S Lt 1/2/1943
 
|Promotions=W/S Lt 1/2/1943
 
|Died/Killed in action=29/6/1944
 
|Died/Killed in action=29/6/1944
 
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To see Lt Wynn's commemorative record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2062200/WYNN,%20LEONARD here]

Revision as of 13:28, 8 August 2014

Personnel Entry

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Name Wynn Leonard
Army number 240692
Rank Lieutenant
Decorations
Date of birth 1923
Age 21
Unit Posted as Cadet, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst OCTU, Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 1/8/1942, No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Left before October 1942 and returned to No 4 ITC, Posted 11th Bn DLI 6/4/1943, KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 29/6/1944.
Company/Battery 11th Bn - B Company, S Company
Platoon or other sub-unit ITC - Mortars - 24/11/1942, 11th Bn - Anti-Tank - 6/4/1943
Task or role Platoon Duty Officer, 2i/c 6/4/1943
Joined Brigade 06-Apr-43 - the date of the probable earlier posting to 11th Bn is not known.
Promotions W/S Lt 1/2/1943
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 29/6/1944
Home address Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland. Buried Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.
Source table 11DLI

To see Lt Wynn's commemorative record please click here