Henry Charles Winder was born in Deptford, Kent, one of the eleven children of John Winder (1850-1925) and Eliza Winder née Osborn (1854-1916). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1893 in the Greenwich registration district which means he was born in either late 1892 or early 1893.
In the 1901 census he is shown as aged 8 years living at 103 Creek Road Deptford, with his parents, eight siblings: his married sister Rose Barham (1883-1946), Emily Charlotte Winder (1883-1951), John Richard Winder (b.1884), Maud Eliza Winder (b.1886), Charlotte Winder (b.1887), William Edward Winder (1888-1947), Ann Eliza Winder (b.1890), Ethel Lavinia Winder (1894-1929) and his niece Rose Barham (b.1900). His father's occupation was listed as a slater.
When his father completed the 1911 census return form he is shown as aged 18 years and employed as a slater and tiler by his father, living in a six roomed property at 103 Creek Road, Deptford, with his parents, six siblings: John, William, Charlotte, Ann, Lilly Winder (b.1891),and Ethel, together with his nephew John Barham (b.1904). His father and two elder brothers were all shown as slaters and tilers. The census form also shows that only 10 of the 11 children of his parents were still alive.
In March 1916 he enlisted as a Private in the 3rd (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), service number 5954. He died, aged 24 years, from a cerebral haemorrhage. Army pension and soldiers effects records claim this to have been on 21 October 1916, but we have chosen to give him one more day of life and used the 22 October 1916 date shown on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. He was buried on 28 October 1916 in a unmarked grave in Plot Z, Grave 198, in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries, Brockley Grove, London, SE4 1DZ where he is commemorated on the Brockley Screen Wall.
His army effects totalling £4-4s-5d were sent to his father on 5 May 1917 and his father was also sent his £3-0s-0d war gratuity on 8 October 1919. He is also commemorated on the Lewisham War Memorials website.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
