(1923-07-15)15 July 1923 Yielden, Northamptonshire, England
Died
1 February 2012(2012-02-01) (aged 88) Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Rank
Trooper
Unit
A Squadron, 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry[1][2][3][4] [5][6]
Battles/wars
Second World War
Battle of Normandy
Operation Totalize
Joseph William Ekins (15 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a British soldier. He gained recognition for his action as a British Army tank gunner in France during World War II, in which Ekins destroyed four German tanks near Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil in a day, including three Tiger I tanks (numbers 312, 009 & 314).[7] One of his opponents on that day, 8 August 1944, was the German tank commander Michael Wittmann; whether Ekins fired the round that destroyed Wittmann's Tiger is disputed.[1][3][8][6] Ekins died on 1 February 2012.
^ abPallud 1985, p. 50.
^Tout 2002.
^ abTout 2007.
^Reid 2005, p. 424.
^Lord Boardman letter to Radley-Walters, 13 June 1999
^ abHart 2007, pp. 52–69.
^"Joe Ekins". The Daily Telegraph. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^Lord Boardman letter to Radley-Walters, 13 June 1999
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