| Surname: | Wooton |
| Initials: | L W |
| Rank: | Private |
| Army Number: | 4978281 |
| Notes: | CMP. Formerly Sherwood Foresters later Suffolk Regiment. 9/8/41 transferred to CMP. VP. 7/3/46 to class Z (T) reserve. Extracts from Army Record:- He was born 19/6/18 in Nottingham, Notts, 15/9/39 Enlisted, occupation Clerk, residence 32 Rosslyn Drive, Aspley, Notts. Wife Mrs Eileen Wotton, 10 Ockerby Street, Nottingham, Notts. 30/5/42 with 376 Coy VP, 22/10/43 with 374 Coy VP, 26/10/43 with 301 Coy VP, 14/4/44 with 303 Coy VP, 24/5/44 with 7392Coy VP, 8/11/44 with 702 Coy VP. Served Home 15/9/39 to 17/4/40, BEF 18/4/40 to 4/6/40, Home 5/6/40 to 30/11/44, North West Europe 1/12/44 to 13/1/46, Home 14/1/46. No date. He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star. Louis Walter Wooton. |