Wynn Leonard Lieutenant 240692

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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. 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, 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 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 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

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