Place Of Birth 'Kinvara', Killinchy Road, Comber, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Place Of Death Racecourse Redoubt, south east of Grougie, France
Buried/Location Ashes Named on Pozieres Memorial to the Missing, Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle, 3 miles north-east of Albert, Somme, France (location unknown)
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
HeadstonePlot/Grave no. Panel 74
Gazetted 15 May 1919
VC Presented 21 or 28 June 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his mother, Margaret
Memorials
P Named on Pozieres Memorial to the Missing, France
Named on War Memorial, Comber, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Named on War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Comber, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Memorial Plaque, St Mary's Church, Comber, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Memorial Plate from War Trophy German Gun, St Mary's Church, Comber, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Named on War Memorial, Campbell College, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Memorial Plaque, Campbell College, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Memorial Entrance Pillar, Great West Door, St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, Northern Ireland
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Ulster Tower, Somme, France
Named on War Memorial, CIBC Bank Employees, Main Branch, Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Mount de Wind, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
De Wind Drive, Comber, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Blue Plaque on Former House, off Bridge Street, Comber, Co Down, Northern Ireland
By The Way…
At the start of the war, he joined the Canadians as he was working in the banking industry in Canada at the time.
