Bintcliffe, Christopher Geoffrey

Date of death:: 2011
Service number:: 308288
Nationality:: British

Biography

Christopher Bintcliffe read physics at Leeds University. He then studied for a postgraduate education diploma in 1939 before joining the army in 1940. A commission in the Royal Artillery led to action during the Normandy invasion, with a transfer to the Highland Light Infantry in early 1945.
After the war he taught at Varndean grammar school from 1949 until 1980.

Promotions:
12 February, 1944: 2e Luitenant
23 February, 1945: Luitenant

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Military Cross (MC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant
Unit:: The Suffolk Regiment (Huddersfield)
Awarded on:: August 2nd, 1945

For successfully and singlehandedly attacking a heavy gun emplacement armed only with a light anti-tank weapon.

Sources

- Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36437 published on the 21 March 1944
- Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 37010 published on the 30 March 1945
- Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 37204 published on the 31 July 1945
- The Guardian
- Old Varndenians