DE WEND FENTON James Douglas Leonard

  • First Name(s):
    James 
    Douglas 
    Leonard 
  • Surname:
    DE WEND FENTON
  • Service Number:
    18339
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Corps:
    Royal Armoured Corps
  • Regiment:
    3rd Hussars (King's Own)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    6th April 1942
  • Age At Death:
    52
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt, Grave 1. F. 21.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Douglas and Olivia de Wend-Fenton; husband of Violet Gertrude Gerard de Wend-Fenton, of Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

DE WEND FENTON James Douglas Leonard Is Named On These Memorials

Malvern The Link School WW2 Roll of Honour now in Malvern Museum

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: Lieut-Col.

Further Information About DE WEND FENTON James Douglas Leonard

His son, Humphrey West James de Wend-Fenton, also died on service.

Lieutenant Humphrey West James de Wend-Fenton, 11th Hussars Royal Armoured Corps. Service No 232730. Died aged 21 on 9th April 1943, aged 21. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel James Douglas Leonard de Wend-Fenton (died on active service, 6th April 1942.) and Violet Gerard de Wend-Fenton of Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire. Commemorated on Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia, Face 2.

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Credits: Researched by Patricia Thompson.