John Frederick Winn (24 March 1921 – 24 June 2015) was a soldier of the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

who won both a

Military Cross The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level pre-1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries. The MC ...

and a Silver Star in 1944 in Italy during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

.Lieutenant-Colonel John Winn - obituary.
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'', 21 July 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

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1921 births 2015 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Recipients of the Military Cross Foreign recipients of the Silver Star Military personnel from Birkenhead People educated at Wirral Grammar School for Boys Loyal Regiment officers {{UK-army-bio-stub