Hutton, William Renzard
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Service number 240295.
William Renzard Hutton joined the infantry in 1939 and was assigned to the Eighth Army Long Range Desert Group in the Middle East. He joined the 46th Infantry Division and was sent to Italy and the Anzio Beachhead. Received promotion to Company Commander Fifth Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment and was sent to Greece and then Yugoslavia and was finally sent to Vienna where he and his troops were demobilized in the fall of 1945 after 6 years of war.
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Military Cross (MC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Unit:
- Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light infantry
- Awarded on:
- April 19th, 1945
London Gazette, 2nd Supplement issue 37039, dated 19th April 1945.
Sources
- - Glen Renzard Hutton (son)
- Second Supplement to the London Gazette of 17th April 1945, dated 19th April 1945, issue 37039, page 2074
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