William Henry Winstone
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: The Welsh Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Sergeant 20248
Parents: Reuben and Marian Winstone
Marital status: Married
Home address: Burry Port, Carmarthenshire
Pre-war occupation: Copper Foundry Man, Tunnel Colliery, Burry Port
Date of birth: 1892
Place of birth: Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 31/07/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: New Irish Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
Age: 26
Further information:
William Henry Winstone was born in1892 to parents, Reuben and Marian Winstone of Staple Park, South
View, in the district of Mangotsfield. William was one of five brothers, William, James, Tom, Frank and
Frederick who all served and were wounded in the war. William was killed and Frank lost a leg
William had moved to Burry Port for work in 1911 and was married to Agnes Davies of Burry Port in 1912.
William enlisted in Llanelli and served with the 1st Battalion of the Welsh Regiment. He was killed at the
battle of Pilckem Ridge and is buried in the New lrish Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium
This is a newspaper cutting from the Welsh Newspaper Archives in Aberystwyth. " News was received in
Burryport on Thursday morning that Sergeant. W. H. Winstone, Welsh Regiment, has been Killed in Action in
France. He enlisted at the outbreak of war. He was previously employed at the Tunnel Colliery. He leaves a
widow and two small children. He is son in Law of Councillor Daniel Davies
The Battle of Pilckem Ridge (31 July - 2 August 1917) was the opening attack of the Third Battle of Ypres, or
Passchendael in the First World War. The British Fifth Army, supported by the Second Army on the southern
flank and the French First Army on the northern flan( attacked the German 4th Army, which defended the
Western Front from Lille northwards to the Ypres Salient in Belgium and on to the North Sea coast. On 31
July, the Anglo-French armies captured Pilckem (Flemish: Pilkem) Ridge and areas either side, the French
attack being a great success. After several weeks of changeable weather heavy rain fell during the afternoon
of 31 July
William is not named on the Mangotsfield Memorial, though it was his home place, or on the Staple Hill
Memorialin Page Park. William is however, remembered on the Burry Port War Memorial, Llanelli
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
With kind permission of Jennifer Burrows, granddaughter of James Winstone and her research in Ancestry
and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Cered igion Archives, Aberystwyth