Sir John Winterton
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Major General Sir John Willoughby Winterton KCB, KCMG, CBE, DL ( 13 April 1898 - 14 December 1987 ) was a senior British Army officer who was the Military Governor and Commander of the British and US Zone of the Free Territory of Trieste
from 1951 to 1954.
Winterton was educated at Oundle School
and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1917. He served in France, Belgium and Italy from 1917 to 1918. He was promoted to Lieutenant and transferred to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1918. He was Adjutant, Territorial Army from 1925 to 1929. He was promoted to Captain in 1930 and served in Burma from 1930 to 1932. He was a General Staff Officer Grade 3 at the Small Arms School, India from 1933 to 1935 and then Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, India from 1935 to 1936. He was a General Staff Officer Grade 2 from 1938 to 1939. During the second world war he served in North West Europe, Burma and Italy. He was Deputy Commissioner the Allied Commission for Austria from 1945 to 1949. He was ADC to King George V1 between 1948 and 1949. He was British High Commissioner and C-in-C in Austria in 1950. Winterton was Military Governor and Commander of the British and US Zone of the Free Territory of Trieste from 1951 to 1954. He retired from the Army in 1955. Winterton was Colonel Commandant of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from 1955 to 1958 and then Colonel Commandant of the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd), which the regiment had been renamed, until 1960. He lived in Newbury, Berkshire. He was Deputy Lieutenant for Berkshire in 1966. He was appointed KCB in 1955, KCMG in 1950, CBE in 1942, CB in 1946 and OBE in 1940.
Free Territory of Trieste
The Free Territory of Trieste was to be a city-state situated in Central Europe between northern Italy and Yugoslavia, created by the United Nations Security Council in the aftermath of World War II and provisionally administered by an appointed military governor commanding the peacekeeping United...
from 1951 to 1954.
Winterton was educated at Oundle School
Oundle School
Oundle School is a co-educational British public school located in the ancient market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire. The school has been maintained by the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London since its foundation in 1556. Oundle has eight boys' houses, five girls' houses, a day...
and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1917. He served in France, Belgium and Italy from 1917 to 1918. He was promoted to Lieutenant and transferred to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1918. He was Adjutant, Territorial Army from 1925 to 1929. He was promoted to Captain in 1930 and served in Burma from 1930 to 1932. He was a General Staff Officer Grade 3 at the Small Arms School, India from 1933 to 1935 and then Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, India from 1935 to 1936. He was a General Staff Officer Grade 2 from 1938 to 1939. During the second world war he served in North West Europe, Burma and Italy. He was Deputy Commissioner the Allied Commission for Austria from 1945 to 1949. He was ADC to King George V1 between 1948 and 1949. He was British High Commissioner and C-in-C in Austria in 1950. Winterton was Military Governor and Commander of the British and US Zone of the Free Territory of Trieste from 1951 to 1954. He retired from the Army in 1955. Winterton was Colonel Commandant of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from 1955 to 1958 and then Colonel Commandant of the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd), which the regiment had been renamed, until 1960. He lived in Newbury, Berkshire. He was Deputy Lieutenant for Berkshire in 1966. He was appointed KCB in 1955, KCMG in 1950, CBE in 1942, CB in 1946 and OBE in 1940.