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Updates for Private David Winton
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15/04/2016 Private Winton was trained at Niagara Camp before leaving for England. He was transferred to the 20th Battalion before being transferred latterly to the engineers.
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15/04/2016 Private David Winton (son of Mr David Winton, Cloney) is officially reported as killed in action on 28th June 1916. He was in Canada when the war was declared, and he joined the 1st Canadian Division. Before emigrating, he was employed by Mr S Nelson.
15/04/2016 David Winton was the son of David and Eliza Winton. David Winton (senior) married Eliza Paul on 6th September 1888 in the district of Magherafelt.
15/04/2016 David Winton was born on 21st November 1890 in Tobermore.
15/04/2016 Family: David Winton, Eliza Winton, William John Winton (born 24th October 1889), David Winton (born 21st November 1890), Mary Ann Winton (born 17th March 1892).
15/04/2016 The 1901 census lists David as age 10 living with the family at house 4 in Clooney, Tobermore, County Londonderry. His father was a farmer.
15/04/2016 David was employed by Mr S Nelson.
15/04/2016 David Winton emigrated to Canada. It seems he arrived in Quebec City in May 1910 on the Pretorian. He was a carpenter aged 19 years old. He was bound for Toronto.
15/04/2016 The 1911 census does not list David as living with the family at house 13 in Clooney, Tobermore.
15/04/2016 David lived in Toronto for five years. His last address was 443 Concord Avenue.
15/04/2016 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 22nd July 1916: Tobermore
15/04/2016 Unusually, there no Canadian Army enlistment papers available for David Winton.
15/04/2016 Private Winton is also commemorated on a plaque in Toronto’s Old City Hall in Queen Street. The plaque reads ‘Erected in honour of the employees of the city of Toronto who died in the service of their country in the Great War 1914-1918.’
15/04/2016 Private David Winton was serving with the 14th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry when he was killed in action near Ypres on 28th June 1916.
15/04/2016 Private David Winton is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, two kilometres south east of Ypres in Belgium.
15/04/2016 The CWGC record Private David Winton as the son of David and Eliza Winton of Cloney, Tobermore, Ireland.
15/04/2016 From the Toronto Star dated 10th July 1916: Private D Winton killed.
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15/04/2016 Private D Winton, reported killed in action, had lived in Toronto for five years before enlisted with the 35th Battalion on 12th April 1915. Before leaving for England in the second reinforcing draft sent by 35th Battalion, Winton went to the Niagara Camp. When he arrived in England he was transferred to the 20th Battalion and later to the engineers. He was with that unit when he met his death. The fallen soldier was 24 years old and is survived by his mother, who lives at Tobermore, County Derry, Ireland. Before enlisting, Private Winton lived at 443 Concord Avenue.
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15/04/2016 David Winton enlisted with the 35th Battalion on 12th April 1915.
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