Charles William Howitt Winter
Service number
4860239
Military unit
1/5th Bn Leicestershire Regiment
Address
34 Fourth Avenue, Edwinstowe
Date of birth
06 May 1919
Date of death
10 Apr 1945 (26 years old)
Place of birth
Tibshelf, Derbyshire.
Employment, education or hobbies
In 1939 Charles was workings as a butcher's assistant at Newton's Family Butchers on High Street, Edwinstowe.
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Family history
Only child of Charles and Edith Howitt-Winter of 34 Fourth Avenue, Edwinstowe.
On some records their name is hyphenated as Howitt-Winter.
Military history
Held has a prisoner of war at Stalag XX-A at Torun, Poland.
Initially a camp for Polish prisoners but extended in June 1940 when it took 4,500 Allied soldiers from Dunkirk.
This camp was very brutal and many of the prisoners were suffering from disease, TB, dysentry. diphtheria. The Polish prisoners were often excuted by the Germans.
The camp was liberated by the Soviets on 1/2/1945.
Extra information
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Photographs
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