Wilmer James Winch Image

Name

Wilmer James Winch

Born

1915-06-24

Birth Place

Purple Valley, ON

Occupation

Sailor

Religion

Anglican

Died

1943-09-20

Death Place

Atlantic Ocean

Death

Died with the sinking of the destroyer HMCS St. Croix

Other Residence

Wiarton, ON

Monument

Halifax Memorial






Service Record 1


Regimental Number

V/22870

Highest Rank

Leading Stoker

Conflict

1939-1945

Battalion

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Company

HMCS St. Croix

Enlisted

Toronto, ON

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1941-01-25



Notes

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




Sources & Links

- 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
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial