Difference between revisions of "De Winton Robert William Michael Lt/Col 41108"

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|Date of birth=16-Sep-08
 
|Date of birth=16-Sep-08
 
|Age=38
 
|Age=38
|Unit=Gordon Highlanders Comm 2/Lt 31/1/1929, Posted 1 TS, Posted 2nd Bn Gordons, Posted HQ 13th Infantry Brigade, Assassinated aged 38 while inspecting guard at Brigade HQ, Pola (then in Italy, later Yugoslavia).
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|Unit=Commissioned as 2/Lt in the Gordon Highlanders 31/1/1929. Posted 1 TS in command 10/4/1944.  Wounded with 1 TS July 1944. Posted 2nd Bn Gordons. Posted HQ 13th Infantry Brigade, Assassinated aged 38 while inspecting guard at Brigade HQ, Pola (then in Italy, later Yugoslavia).
 
|Company/Battery=Bn HQ
 
|Company/Battery=Bn HQ
 
|Task or role=CO,
 
|Task or role=CO,
 
|Joined Brigade=10/4/1944
 
|Joined Brigade=10/4/1944
 
|Promotions=Lt-Col 10/4/1944, A/Brigadier 17/8/1945, T/Brigadier 17/2/1946.
 
|Promotions=Lt-Col 10/4/1944, A/Brigadier 17/8/1945, T/Brigadier 17/2/1946.
|Died/Killed in action=10-Feb-47
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|Died/Killed in action=Murdered 10-Feb-47
|Home address=Forest Green House, Ockley, Surrey.  Assassinated by Maria Pasquinelli while commanding 13th Infantry Brigade.
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|Home address=Son of William Edward de Winton and Hon Sibyl Laura Edwardes.  Married Augusta Anne Gregory 9/8/1945.  Forest Green House, Ockley, Surrey.  Assassinated by Maria Pasquinelli while commanding 13th Infantry Brigade.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Revision as of 11:40, 11 January 2015

Personnel Entry

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Name de Winton Robert William Michael
Army number 41108
Rank Lt/Col
Decorations D.S.O. and Bar
Date of birth 16-Sep-08
Age 38
Unit Commissioned as 2/Lt in the Gordon Highlanders 31/1/1929. Posted 1 TS in command 10/4/1944. Wounded with 1 TS July 1944. Posted 2nd Bn Gordons. Posted HQ 13th Infantry Brigade, Assassinated aged 38 while inspecting guard at Brigade HQ, Pola (then in Italy, later Yugoslavia).
Company/Battery Bn HQ
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role CO,
Joined Brigade 10/4/1944
Promotions Lt-Col 10/4/1944, A/Brigadier 17/8/1945, T/Brigadier 17/2/1946.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Murdered 10-Feb-47
Home address Son of William Edward de Winton and Hon Sibyl Laura Edwardes. Married Augusta Anne Gregory 9/8/1945. Forest Green House, Ockley, Surrey. Assassinated by Maria Pasquinelli while commanding 13th Infantry Brigade.
Source table 1TS