200088 Anthony Desmond WINCH, MiD, 4 Grenadier Guards: 24/01/1945

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    Personal Number: 200088
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Name: Anthony Desmond WINCH, MiD
    Unit: Grenadier Guards


    London Gazette : 19 August 1941
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35250/supplement/4798/data.pdf
    The undermentioned Cadets to be 2nd Lts. 2nd Aug. 1941: —
    FOOT GUARDS.
    Gren. G'ds.
    Anthony Desmond WINCH (200088).

    London Gazette : 9 August 1945
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37213/supplement/4051/data.pdf
    The KING has been .graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in North-West Europe:—
    Foot Guards.
    Gren. G'ds.
    Lt. A. D. WINCH (200088).
     
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    Casualty Details | CWGC
    LIEUTENANT ANTHONY DESMOND WINCH
    Service Number: 200088
    Regiment & Unit/Ship: Grenadier Guards, 4th Bn.
    Date of Death: Died 24 January 1945
    Age 23 years old
    Buried or commemorated at BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: VI. 291.
    Location: Netherlands
    Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
    Additional Info Son of Lt.-Col. George Bluett Winch and Ethel May Winch, of Boughton Monchelsea, Kent.
    Personal Inscription: GOD HATH NOT GIVEN US THE SPIRIT OF FEAR; BUT OF POWER, AND OF LOVE, AND OF A SOUND MIND
     

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