WINSTON, Peter Stanley

Rank: 
Lieutenant
Unit / Base: 
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Born: 
Friday, June 6, 1924
Birthplace: 
Croydon
Died : 
Sunday, January 28, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
20
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Peter Stanley Winston 45RM Commando
Original grave of Lieut. Peter Winston 45RM Commando
Lieutenant Peter Winston died during operations at Bell Isle*, Osen, Netherlands. Son of John Henry Ernest and Winifred Winston, of Sanderstead, Surrey. Educated at Whitgift School, Croydon. Commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant 6 November 1943.

Sources
CWGC.
No.45 RM Commando War Diary / List of casualties Operation Bell Island II.
1st Cdo. Bde. HQ War Diary January 1945.
London Gazette 36255, page 5088.
Report in the Croydon Times 15/7/44, p7.
[Image 1] Ancestry / Grant Cornwell.
[Image 2] Collection of L/Cpl. John Emmerson SS Bde HQ in Gallery.
* Also seen referred to as Belle Isle, Belle Island, or Bell Island. Capt John Day MC 45RM refers to the island being named by the Allies because of its shape. Location is on the River Maas near Roermond.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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