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Surname: WINTLE
Forename(s): Edward Collingwood
Place of Birth: Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Service No: 15/999
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 15th (Service) Battalion. (1st Leeds)
Division: 31st Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1916-02-08
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: C. 19.
CWGC Cemetery: KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: ILKLEY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Edward Collingwood Wintle (born 21 September 1894) was the son of Thomas Gilbert and Margaret Constance Wintle, née Jackson. Thomas was born at Newnham, Gloucestershire and Margaret at Newcastle, Northumberland.
1901 Paddington, London Census: 40, Burlington Road - Edward C. Wintle, aged 6 years, born Chesterfield, Derbyshire, son of Thomas G. and Margaret C. Wintle. [Thomas, Margaret and two sons were boarding with Alfred and Jane Bailey.]
1911 Ilkley, Yorkshire Census: Hazelmere - Edward Collingwood Wintle, aged 16 years, born Chesterfield, Derbyshire, son of Thomas Gilbert and Margaret Constance Wintle.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Edward C. Wintle, 15/999, W. York. R. Theatre of War first served in: 3 - Egypt. Date of entry therein: 22.12.15. Dead.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Edward Collingwood Wintle, 15/999, 15th W. Yks. Accidentally Killed 9.2.16.
Edward was the first man of his battalion to die on active service when he was accidently shot by a comrade who was cleaning a rifle.
The 15th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (1st Leeds), informally known as the Leeds Pals, were amalgamated with the 17th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (2nd Leeds) to form the 15th/17th Battalion on the 7 December 1917.
Photograph: 'de Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour 1914-1918' – Part Two.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Edward Collingwood WINTLE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division
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SNAP SHOTS OF THE 15TH BATTALION THE PRINCE OF WALES’S OWN (WEST YORKSHIRE) REGIMENT
137. Military Cemetery. On the left, grave of Pte. Wintle the first Soldier of the Battalion to fall on Active Service. The Desert. Egypt.
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18 February 1916
WINTLE - February 8th, Pte. Edward Collingwood Wintle, of the 15th West Yorkshire Regiment
18 February 1916
ILKLEY - Soldier Accidentally Killed
Mr. T. G. Wintle, solicitor, Hazelmere, Tarn Villas, Ilkley, has received information of the death of his youngest son, Pte. Edward Collingwood Wintle, who was serving with the 15th West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds 'Pals'). No particulars are to hand beyond the fact that Pte. Wintle was accidentally killed on February 9th. He was only 21 years of age, and previous to the war was employed in the Bradford office of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company Limited.
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