Name

Wilmer James Winch

Born

1915-06-24

Birth Place

Purple Valley, ON

Died

1943-09-20

Death

Died with the sinking of the destroyer HMCS St. Croix

Monument

Service Record 1

Regimental Number

V/22870

Highest Rank

Leading Stoker

Conflict

Battalion

Son of James Henry and Emma Harriet Winch, of Wiarton, Ontario; husband of Cora May Winch, of Wiarton.

- Gilbert. Raymond. "When time was a little slower: personal recollections of growing up in Wiarton, Ontario during the 1940s and 1950s," 2004 (A2016.108.019).
- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Find a Grave