Name
Edward Maurice Winch
22 Nov 1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/03/1915
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Rifle Brigade
6th Bn. attd. 3rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY
Plot 1. Row D. Grave 6.
France
Headstone Inscription
No report
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
Eldest son of Frederick Winch (Land Agent)and Maud Louise (nee Browning) .He was educated at Aldenham School and Pembroke College Cambridge, where he was a member of the OTC.
Wartime Service
He joined the 6th (Reserve) Battalion on 15 Aug 1914 and was sent out to the 3rd Battalion in France on 15 feb 1915.
On 6th March 1915 he was wounded at Armentieres and was at No 3 General Hospital Le Treport when he died from his wounds on 25 Mar 1915.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James
