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WynsboroughJ2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls
Royal Irish Rifles
WynterA E2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
WynterA KSource: WO100/284Port Elizabeth TG
WynterFrancis ArthurLieutenantWYNTER, FRANCIS ARTHUR, Lieutenant, was born 19 July 1870, son of Lieutenant Colonel A L Wynter (late KOSB), and Mrs Wynter, daughter of Charles Moore, Temperley, Cheshire.  He became Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 14 February 1890; Lieutenant 14 February 1893; served on the North-West Frontier of India in 1897, and commanded the 8th Bengal Mountain Battery throughout the defence of the Malakand (severely wounded); was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 5 November 1897].  He served with the Malakand Field Force in the Expedition into the Mamund country, and was present in the attack of 16 September (severely wounded).  He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 18 March 1898], received the Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 20 May 1898]: "Francis Arthur Wynter, Lieutenant, Royal Artillery.  In recognition of services during the recent operations on the North-West Frontier of India".  (Insignia presented by the Queen at Windsor 25 June 1898).  He became Captain in December 1899.  Captain Wynter served in the Mahsud Blockade, and in Waziristan in 1901 and 1902 (clasp); became Major in December 1910.  Major Wynter served in the European War in the Dardanelles in 1915 (Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel 8 November 1915); in Egypt, 1916; was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in September 1916; in France, 1916-17-18, and was created a CMG 1 January 1918; was made temporary Brigadier General 21 April 1918 to 3 February 1919, Royal Artillery, Heavy Artillery, British Armies in France; promoted to Colonel 3 June 1919; Commandant, Clyde Garrison, 14 February 1919.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book)
Royal Artillery
WynterW1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls
Durham Light Infantry
WynwoodJSource: QSA and KSA rollsBritish South Africa Police
WynwoodJames1515TrooperServed 15 Oct 01 to 25 Aug 02. Time Expired
Source: Nominal roll in WO127
Steinaecker's Horse
WynwoodJames1611CorporalBSACM Matabeleland 1893 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls
Bechuanaland Border Police
WynwoodJames121 CorporalSource: Nominal roll in WO127Bushveldt Carabineers
WynyardEdward GeorgeLieutenantWYNYARD, EDWARD GEORGE, Lieutenant, was born at Saharanpur, North-West Provinces, India, 1 April 1861, son of William Wynyard, JP, of Hursley, Hants, Judge of the High Court, Allahabad, Bengal Civil Service.  He was educated at Woodcote House, Windlesham, and at Charterhouse, and joined the Army 12 May 1883.  He served in the King's Regiment from 1883 to 1890; took part in the Burma Expedition of 1885-87 (Despatches twice; Medal with clasp, and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 25 November 1887]: "Edward George Wynyard, Lieutenant, Liverpool Regiment.  For services during the recent operations in Burma".  The decoration was awarded for the following services: "On 12 June 1885, in Upper Burma, a large force of rebels under Oo Temah were beaten off after attacking a small force of the 8th King's Liverpool Regiment and 2nd Bengal Infantry.  They were followed and found entrenched strongly in a walled pagoda, which was carried by assault".  General Sir Robert Low, KCB, etc, etc, in his Despatch, stated that "owing to the bold leading of a handful of tired men by Lieutenant Wynyard, after the death of Captain Dunsford (2nd Bengal Infantry), a position of considerable danger was averted, and as a result of this success order was restored in the surrounding district".  General Sir G S White, VC, emphasized the above in his Despatch, and Lieutenant Wynyard was specially promoted to a company into the 41st Welsh Regiment.  He was awarded the Humane Society's Medal in 1895 for rescuing a Swiss peasant from under the ice on the lake of Davos.  He became Captain in 1890 in the Welsh Regt, From 1897-1899 he was captain of the Hampshire County Cricket Eleven.  Captain Wynyard was asked by Stoddart to join the All England Eleven v Australia, but declined on account of Army duties.  He was Adjutant, Oxford University Volunteers, 1899-1900; Instructor in Military Engineering at the Royal Military College, 1900; retired in 1903.  He was Captain, MCC New Zealand Team, 1906; was invited to Captain MCC Australian Team in 1907, but was obliged to decline for family reasons.  He twice accompanied representative MCC teams to South Africa in 1905 and 1909, and the MCC team to America, 1907; was appointed representative of the South African Cricket Association in England, 1908.  In 1914, Captain Wynyard married Sarah Louise, daughter of James G Worts, of Toronto, and they had one son, born 23 May 1918.  He became Major, King's Liverpool Regiment in September 1914; was attached for duty with the Army Ordnance Corps, May 1915; appointed to the Middlesex Regiment November 1916.  Major Wynyard's favourite recreations, besides cricket, were football (Old Carthusians and Corinthians); golf (Camberley Heath); toboganning (Champion Toboganner of Europe, 1894).
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book)
(King's) Liverpool Regiment
WynyardR2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls
South Wales Borderers
WynyardR2708PrivateMissing in action. Krugersdorp, 3 December 1900
2nd Battalion. Rejoined
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll
South Wales Borderers
WynyardW TSource: QSA and KSA medal rollsNew Zealand, 10th Contingent
WynyardWilliam ThomasSource: QSA and KSA medal rollsNew Zealand, 10th Contingent
WynzarDSource: QSA and KSA medal rollsSouth African Constabulary
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