Herbert William George Winstone
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Able Seaman Bristol Z/1189
Parents: William and Elizabeth Winstone
Home address: 10 Leicester Square, Soundwell, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: A Boot Operator (boot maker in a factory)
Date of birth: 24/10/1896
Date of death: 24/04/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Arras Memorial (Bay 1.)
Age: 21
Further information:
Herbert William George was the son of William and Elizabeth Winstone of 10 Leicester Square, Soundwell. His occupation was a Boot Operator (boot maker in a factory).
Herbert enlisted on the 9th of October 1915 and served with the Nelson Battalion RN Div of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. He was hospitalized from the 25th November 1916 to 5th February 1917, then rejoined his Battalion on the 18th February 1917. Herbert died on the 24th April 1917, just a few weeks later. Herbert William George is remembered on the Arras Memorial (Bay 1. MR 20) and the Staple Hill Memorial in Page Park.
Commemorated on the Christ Church Downend Memorial and the Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
With the kind permission of Jenny Burrows and her research on Ancestry
Forces War Records and CWGC