Informations sur naissance

Année de naissance:
1893
Lieu de naissance:
Cambuslang, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Écosse, Royaume-Uni

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Écosse, Royaume-Uni
Force armée:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Numéro de service:
10420
Unités:
 —  Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
31/10/1914
Lieu de décès:
Reutel, Beselare, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Âge:
21

Cimetière

Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
Parcelle: XXI
Rangée: D
Tombe: 19

Distinctions et médailles 3

1914 Star
Médaille
British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 2

#1 Lieu de naissance
#2 Lieu du décès (approximatif)

Mon histoire

Private Timothy Winters served with the Royal Scots Fusilier 2nd Battalion, part of the 21st Brigade, of the 7th Division.

On the 31st of October 1914, the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers became the object of a German attack. The Battalion lost this tragic fight and its regiment book even refers to this day as the ‘most desperate battle in the history of our regiment’.

It started already early in the morning when the Battalion was heavily shelled by the Germans. Not soon after did the 3rd Battalion retire, leaving the 2nd Battalion’s left flank exposed. It was here that the Germans saw their opportunity and advanced on the Royal Scots Fusiliers. The trenches were overwhelmed and about 400 NCO’s and soldiers were either killed or captured.

Private Timothy Winters was killed in action on the 31st of October 1914, at Reutel. There are no specific details about his death, but it can be assumed that he died either during the shelling or when the trenches were being overrun by the Germans. His remains were exhumed after the war and reinterred in Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.

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Sources 5

"The history of the Royal Scots Fusiliers : 1678-1918", Buchan J., Thomas Nelson and sons, 1925, page 300 - 311
Sources utilisées
Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/39/?name=timothy_winters&death=1914-10-31&count=50&keyword=10420&location=3257.3250&priority=scottish&types=rtp
Sources utilisées
CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/480506/winters,-/
Sources utilisées
The Long, Long Trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
Sources utilisées
War Diary
http://www.nmarchive.com/view-diary/poesel-hoek/1659-1190/1581171/
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