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BRANDON

Winter, W., Pte., 1918

Ploegsteert Memorial

Ploegsteert Memorial

Photo: James Pasby

On the Ploegsteert Memorial is the name of 302869 Private William Winter, serving with the 1st/8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry who died 12/04/1918.

Son of George and Mary Winter, of "Pleasant View," Station Avenue, Brandon Colliery, Co. Durham.

In Brandon (St. John) Church Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:-

In loving memory
of
John George
beloved son of
George and Mary Winter
of Brandon
who died 6th Oct. 1903
aged 20 years
also of their son
Pte. William Winter
who fell in action in France
12th April 1918 aged 21 years

William Winter is remembered at Meadowfield on M50.01

He is also remembered in The DLI Book of Remembrance page 81 and in the Battalion History page 266


The CWGC entry for Private Winter

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk