Chap in 2 SLI

Discussion in 'Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy' started by Owen, Jul 21, 2017.

  1. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Just got my copy of The Fourth Division 1939 - 1945 by Hugh Williamson .
    20 quid on abebook , no spine or dust jacket but it's the info inside I want not a perfect cover .
    Anyway it was owned by a chap from 2 SLI.
    haven't got time to look into it at the moment as off to work soon.
    Can you wonderful members have a look into who he was please, cheers.
    Sorry bit blurred , quick pic on my phone.
    Hope there enough to go on.

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  2. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    A better photo would help enormously :whistle:

    Is - J B Winterton Smith ??

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  3. Richard Lewis

    Richard Lewis Member

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  4. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Richard - well found that man

    John Brendan Winlove-smith
    Birth: 25 Mar 1913
    Death: 7 Jan 1992 - Bude, Cornwall, England
    Marriage: 6 May 1949 - Cornwall
    Spouse: Joan Phare Madge

    Name: John Brendan Winlove-smith
    Birth Date: 25 Mar 1913
    Date of Registration: Jan 1992
    Age at Death: 78
    Registration district: Stratton
    Inferred County: Cornwall
    Volume: 21
    Page: 563

    Appears he was (according to Army Lists) a 2nd Lt 1941 - 1945 The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)

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  5. Rich Payne

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  6. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Cheers chaps , back home now, thanks for all your help. :D

    The book came from a Cornish bookseller.

    just found this too.
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52830/supplement/2383/data.pdf

    WINLOVE-SMITH, John Brendon
    11 Crooklets, Bude, Cornwall, Electricity Board Accountant (Retired). 7th January 1992.

    edit: also found him listed as wounded in the war diary Paul posted few years ago for me when I met a 2 SLI Veteran . https://www.flickr.com/photos/battlefield_historian/albums/72157608014143986



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  7. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

    Casualty List No.1453 Dated 23 May 1944
    Italy / Wounded
    Somerset Light Infantry
    189240 Winlove-Smith T/Capt Date not reported


    Casualty List No.1455 Dated 25 May 1944
    Corrections to dates
    Somerset Light Infantry
    189240 Winlove-Smith T/Capt 12.5.44
     
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