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BEAMISH

Winter, T., Pte., 1917

Tyne Cot Memorial

Tyne Cot Memorial: Pauline Priano

On Tyne Cot Memorial is the name of 32795 Private Thomas Winter serving with the York and Lancaster Regiment who died 24/09/1917.

Rev. David Youngson has submitted the following:

32795 Private WINTER Thomas
York and Lancaster Regiment 9th Battalion

The son of Mrs. E.M. Lee (formerly Winter) of Beamish County Durham and the late William Winter he was born at Pittington, County Durham. An Account Clerk residing at Beamish he was Initiated into 1274 Earl of Durham Lodge on the 1st March 1916; Passed 5th April 1916 and Raised on the 28th June 1916.

He enlisted at Newcastle on Tyne and was killed in action at Passchendaele on the 24th September 1917 aged 27.

The husband of Mary Lydia Winter of Urpeth Villas, Beamish.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium, Panel 125 to 128.

Thomas Winter is remembered in West Pelton on W112.01


The CWGC entry for Private Winter

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