2716882 Serjeant John Joseph QUINN, MiD, 1 Irish Guards: 27/01/1944

Date of Enlistment: 1928
Date of Death: 27 January 1944

Army Number: 2716882
Rank: Serjeant
Name: John Joseph QUINN, MiD
Unit: 1 Irish Guards


London Gazette : 23 September 1943
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36180/supplement/4221/data.pdf
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North Africa
I. G'ds.
2716882 Sergt. J. Quinn.


See also:

• War Diary: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS, September 1939 - July 1944

 

London Gazette : 23 September 1943
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36180/supplement/4221/data.pdf


https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36180/supplement/4226/data.pdf

 

Casualty
Serjeant QUINN, JOHN JOSEPH
Service Number: 2716882
Date of Death: 27/01/1944
Aged 35
Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Irish Guards
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Buried at ANZIO WAR CEMETERY
See cemetery plan
Location: Italy
Cemetery/memorial reference: IV, H, 1.
Additional Information: Son of John and Rosa Anne Quinn; husband of Mildred Doreen Quinn, of South Croydon, Surrey.
INSCRIPTION: "I HAVE NO THOUGHT THAT I, WHEN AT THE LAST I DIE SHALL REACH TO GAIN YOUR SPEECH"

 

Campaign Stars & Medals : 5:1

• 1939-45 Star
• Africa Star with 1st Army Clasp
• Italy Star
• Defence Medal
• War Medal 1939-45

Address of NOK redacted (application made in 1948):