WINTLE, John Henry
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Independent Company
Regiment/Corps:
Welch Regiment, 4th Bn
Service:
Army
Number:
3964212
Born:
Tuesday, December 17, 1918
Died :
Sunday, May 26, 1940
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Lance Corporal John Wintle was killed in action during operations at Pothus, Norway (Scissors Force). He has no known grave. Prior to enlisting John was a Butcher's Shop Assistant living at 67 Plantagenet Street, Cardiff. Son of Mrs. Daisy I. Wintle.
Sources
CWGC.
No.2 Independent Company War Diary Casualties at Bodo and Pothus / National Archives file WO168/106.
CWGC.
No.2 Independent Company War Diary Casualties at Bodo and Pothus / National Archives file WO168/106.
The 1939 Register covering Cardiff.
Report in the Western Mail and South Wales News 20 June 1940, p5.
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