Difference between revisions of "Wynn Leonard Lieutenant 240692"
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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, | + | |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. | + | |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 | ||
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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] | To see Lt Wynn's commemorative record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2062200/WYNN,%20LEONARD here] | ||
Revision as of 10:26, 1 July 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Wynn Leonard
Army number 240692
Rank Lieutenant
Decorations
Date of birth Born County Durham 1923.
Age 21
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.
Company/Battery 11th Bn - B Company, Support Company.
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 of Anti-Tank Platoon 6/4/1943.
Joined Brigade 06-Apr-43 - the date of the 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 at Rauray.
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
To see Lt Wynn's commemorative record please click here
