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2nd Lt. Henry Edward Vernon Winkworth
British Army 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Hove, Sussex
(d.16th Feb 1917)
Henry Winkworth is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
Son of Edward and Sarah Winkworth, of 7 Wilbury Gardens, Hove, Sussex.
he died of wounds at 45th Casualty Clearing Station on 18th February 1917 after being wounded by a gunshot wound to the chest at Boom Ravine on 17th February, possibly by machine-gun fire whilst crossing Grandcourt Trench.
Henry was born on 7th December 1895 at Brighton, Sussex, the son of Edward Henry Thomas Winkworth, an auctioneer (b. 1857, Windsor, Berks.),
and Mrs Sarah Jane M. Winkworth (nee Merryweather, b. c-1868, m. 1890 at St. Giles, London) 7 Wilbury Gardens, Hove.
He was brother to Cecilia Clara Winkworth and John Staverton Winkworth.