Winch, EN
(1879 - 1918)
Key Facts
DATE OF BIRTH:
12th December 1879
YEARS ATTENDED THE COLLEGE:
1894 - 1896
HOME ADDRESS WHEN AT THE COLLEGE:
3 Overhill Road, East Dulwich
REGIMENT
8th Battalion, The Queen's Own The Royal West Kent Regiment
FINAL RANK:
2nd Lieutenant
DATE OF DEATH:
9th October 1918
AGE AT DEATH:
38
WHERE HE DIED (or was wounded)
Awoingt
LOCATION OF GRAVE OR MEMORIAL:
Masnieres British Cemetery, Marcoing. I B 17
2nd Lieutenant Edward Nightingale Winch
Born 12th December 1879, Edward Winch was the son of a solicitor. Having left Dulwich College upon completing the 5th form, he went into the Royal Exchange Assurance. He joined up under the Derby scheme, entering the ranks of the Artists Rifles, 28th Battalion London Regiment, in February 1917. He was gazetted to a temporary commission in the Royal West Kent Regiment in October 1917 and proceeded to France in the following April, taking part in minor engagements in the Lens district, until ordered to March on Cambrai. He was killed by a shell during the attack on the village of Awoingt on 9th October 1918. He left behind a widow and a son.
