De Winton Robert William Michael Lt/Col 41108

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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

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