Blessé au combat
Lt J D Catleugh
Service No.
166595
Company:
Unknown
Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No).
Officer
Date Wounded:
Sunday, 11 June 1944
Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.)
Leg broken and shrapnel wounds. Possibly happened around Cambes.
Jon Denis Harwood Catleugh originally from King's Lynn. Born in April 1916. Had a wife and baby daughter at time of his wounds. After being wounded in the D-Day landings/campaign, Catleugh went on to become an Abstract artist. He died in 2009. Recorded as Acting Lt J D H 'Catleagh' on FMPast wounded list.
An item in the Lynn Advertiser (Norfolk) 23 June 1944 stated he had:
"One leg broken between the knee and the ankle, and with shrapnel in the other thigh." His leg was set in France before he was brought back across the Channel - then re-set upon his return.
