Wynn Leonard Lieutenant 240692 - Revision history

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	\|Army number=240692		\|Army number=240692
	\|Rank=Lieutenant.		\|Rank=Lieutenant.
	\|Date of birth=Born County Durham ~~1923~~.		\|Date of birth=Born County Durham. Birth registered in Auckland District July 1922. Mother's maiden surname Pinkney.
	\|Age=21 at the time of his death.		\|Age=21 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Posted as Cadet, Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst OCTU. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 1/8/1942. Posted to No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Brancepeth. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Left the Battalion before October 1942 and returned to No 4 ITC. Posted 11th Battalion DLI 6/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 29/6/1944.		\|Unit=Posted as Cadet, Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst OCTU. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 1/8/1942. Posted to No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Brancepeth. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Left the Battalion before October 1942 and returned to No 4 ITC. Posted 11th Battalion DLI 6/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 29/6/1944.

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	\|Died/Killed in action=29/6/1944 at Rauray. Originally interred at Rauray - map reference 888654 alongside other men of the Battalion. Re-buried 10/7/1945 in Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux. Headstone inscription reads:- "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS".		\|Died/Killed in action=29/6/1944 at Rauray. Originally interred at Rauray - map reference 888654 alongside other men of the Battalion. Re-buried 10/7/1945 in Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux. Headstone inscription reads:- "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS".
	\|Home address=Resident of County Durham. Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland.		\|Home address=Resident of County Durham. Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland.
			\|Image Name=Lt_Wynn_11DLI.jpg
			\|Image Title=Lt Leonard Wynn 11th DLI
			\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
			\|Wounded=Not as far as is known, other than the injuries which caused his death.
			\|Prisoner of War=No.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
	}}		}}

	To see Lt Wynn's commemorative record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2062200/WYNN,%20LEONARD here]		To see Lt Wynn's commemorative record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2062200/WYNN,%20LEONARD here]

70bgadmin at 15:08, 12 August 2019

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	\|Surname and forenames=Wynn Leonard		\|Surname and forenames=Wynn Leonard
	\|Army number=240692		\|Army number=240692
	\|Rank=Lieutenant		\|Rank=Lieutenant.
	\|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1923.		\|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1923.
	\|Age=21		\|Age=21 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Posted as Cadet, Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst OCTU. The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 1/8/1942. Posted No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Brancepeth. Posted 11th Bn DLI. Left Bn before October 1942 and returned to No 4 ITC. Posted 11th Bn DLI 6/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 29/6/1944.		\|Unit=Posted as Cadet, Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst OCTU. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 1/8/1942. Posted to No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Brancepeth. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Left the Battalion before October 1942 and returned to No 4 ITC. Posted 11th Battalion DLI 6/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 29/6/1944.
	\|Joined Brigade=06-Apr-43 - the date of the earlier posting to 11th Bn is not known.		\|Joined Brigade=06-Apr-43 - the exact date of the earlier posting to the 11th Battalion is not known.
	\|Company/Battery=11th Bn - B Company, Support Company.		\|Company/Battery=11th Battalion - B Company, Support Company.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=ITC - Mortars - 24/11/1942. 11th Bn - 5th (Anti-Tank) Platoon - 6/4/1943.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=ITC - Mortars - 24/11/1942. 11th Battalion - 5th (Anti-Tank) Platoon - 6/4/1943.
	\|Task or role=Platoon Duty Officer. 2i/c of Anti-Tank Platoon 6/4/1943.		\|Task or role=Platoon Duty Officer. 2i/c of Anti-Tank Platoon 6/4/1943.
	\|Promotions=W/S Lt 1/2/1943.		\|Promotions=W/S Lt 1/2/1943.
	\|Died/Killed in action=29/6/1944 at Rauray.		\|Died/Killed in action=29/6/1944 at Rauray. Originally interred at Rauray - map reference 888654 alongside other men of the Battalion. Re-buried 10/7/1945 in Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux. Headstone inscription reads:- "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS".
	~~\|Home address=Resident of County Durham. Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland~~. Originally interred at Rauray - map reference 888654 alongside other men of the Battalion. Re-buried 10/7/1945 in Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux. Headstone inscription reads:- "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS".		\|Home address=Resident of County Durham. Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
	}}		}}

	To see Lt Wynn's commemorative record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2062200/WYNN,%20LEONARD here]		To see Lt Wynn's commemorative record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2062200/WYNN,%20LEONARD here]

70bgadmin at 10:26, 1 July 2018

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	\|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1923.		\|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1923.
	\|Age=21		\|Age=21
	\|Unit=Posted as Cadet, Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst OCTU. Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 1/8/1942. Posted No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Brancepeth. Posted 11th Bn DLI. Left Bn before October 1942 and returned to No 4 ITC. Posted 11th Bn DLI 6/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 29/6/1944.		\|Unit=Posted as Cadet, Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst OCTU. The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 1/8/1942. Posted No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Brancepeth. Posted 11th Bn DLI. Left Bn before October 1942 and returned to No 4 ITC. Posted 11th Bn DLI 6/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 29/6/1944.
	\|Joined Brigade=06-Apr-43 - the date of the earlier posting to 11th Bn is not known.		\|Joined Brigade=06-Apr-43 - the date of the earlier posting to 11th Bn is not known.
	\|Company/Battery=11th Bn - B Company, S Company		\|Company/Battery=11th Bn - B Company, Support Company.
	\|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 - 5th (Anti-Tank) Platoon - 6/4/1943.
	\|Task or role=Platoon Duty Officer. 2i/c 6/4/1943.		\|Task or role=Platoon Duty Officer. 2i/c of Anti-Tank Platoon 6/4/1943.
	\|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 at Rauray.
	\|Home address=Resident of County Durham. Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland. ~~Buried~~ Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.		\|Home address=Resident of County Durham. Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland. Originally interred at Rauray - map reference 888654 alongside other men of the Battalion. Re-buried 10/7/1945 in Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux. Headstone inscription reads:- "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS".
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
	}}		}}

	To see Lt Wynn's commemorative record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2062200/WYNN,%20LEONARD here]		To see Lt Wynn's commemorative record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2062200/WYNN,%20LEONARD here]

70bgadmin at 14:23, 17 November 2016

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	\|Army number=240692		\|Army number=240692
	\|Rank=Lieutenant		\|Rank=Lieutenant
	\|Date of birth=1923		\|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1923.
	\|Age=21		\|Age=21
	\|Unit=Posted as Cadet, Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst OCTU. Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 1/8/1942. Posted No 4 Infantry Training Centre. Posted 11th Bn DLI. Left Bn before October 1942 and returned to No 4 ITC. Posted 11th Bn DLI 6/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 29/6/1944.		\|Unit=Posted as Cadet, Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst OCTU. Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 1/8/1942. Posted No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Brancepeth. Posted 11th Bn DLI. Left Bn before October 1942 and returned to No 4 ITC. Posted 11th Bn DLI 6/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 29/6/1944.
	\|~~Home address~~=~~Son~~ of ~~George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland. Buried Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux~~.		\|Joined Brigade=06-Apr-43 - the date of the earlier posting to 11th Bn is not known.
	~~\|Source table=11DLI~~
	\|Company/Battery=11th Bn - B Company, S Company		\|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		\|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 - 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		\|Home address=Resident of County Durham. 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 [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2062200/WYNN,%20LEONARD here]		To see Lt Wynn's commemorative record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2062200/WYNN,%20LEONARD here]

70bgadmin at 16:10, 22 September 2015

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	\|Date of birth=1923		\|Date of birth=1923
	\|Age=21		\|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.		\|Unit=Posted as Cadet, Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst OCTU. Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 1/8/1942. Posted No 4 Infantry Training Centre. Posted 11th Bn DLI. Left Bn before October 1942 and returned to No 4 ITC. Posted 11th Bn DLI 6/4/1943. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 29/6/1944.
	\|Home address=Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland. Buried Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.		\|Home address=Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland. Buried Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
	\|Company/Battery=11th Bn - B Company, S Company		\|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		\|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 - the date of the probable earlier posting to 11th Bn is not known.		\|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

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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		\|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
	}}		}}

			To see Lt Wynn's commemorative record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2062200/WYNN,%20LEONARD here]

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	\|Army number=240692		\|Army number=240692
	\|Rank=Lieutenant		\|Rank=Lieutenant
			\|Date of birth=1923
	\|Age=21		\|Age=21
	\|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Posted 11th Bn DLI 6/4/1943, KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn 29/6/1944.		\|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.
	~~\|Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44~~
	\|Home address=Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland. Buried Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.		\|Home address=Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland. Buried Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
	\|Company/Battery=S ~~Coy~~		\|Company/Battery=11th Bn - B Company, S Company
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=ITC - Mortars - 24/11/1942, 11th Bn - Anti-Tank - 6/4/1943
	\|Task or role=2i/c 6/4/1943		\|Task or role=Platoon Duty Officer, 2i/c 6/4/1943
	\|Joined Brigade=06-Apr-43		\|Joined Brigade=06-Apr-43
			\|Promotions=W/S Lt 1/2/1943
			\|Died/Killed in action=29/6/1944
	}}		}}

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	\|Rank=Lieutenant		\|Rank=Lieutenant
	\|Age=21		\|Age=21
	\|Unit=11 DLI		\|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Posted 11th Bn DLI 6/4/1943, KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn 29/6/1944.
	\|Died/Killed in action=29~~/6/1944 00:00:00~~		\|Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44
	\|Home address=Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland.		\|Home address=Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland. Buried Grave V. C. 4. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
			\|Company/Battery=S Coy
			\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Anti-Tank
			\|Task or role=2i/c 6/4/1943
			\|Joined Brigade=06-Apr-43
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|id=2419
|Surname and forenames=Wynn Leonard
|Army number=240692
|Rank=Lieutenant
|Age=21
|Unit=11 DLI
|Died/Killed in action=29/6/1944 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of George and Elizabeth Wynn, Bishop Auckland.
|Source table=11DLI
}}