WILLIAM HAFFENDEN WINCH
Location address St Mary: Westwell The Street, Westwell, Kent, TN254JX
Details on cross
This is a stone cross with a modern tag reading:
2nd LIEUTENANT
WILLIAM HAFFENDEN WINCH
5th BUFFS
DIED OF HIS WOUNDS
MESOPOTAMIA 12th JANUARY 1916
AGED 21 YEARS
SON OF WILLIAM FRANCIS WINCH
Cross dimensions (millimetres please)
Shaft Height: (ground to top – no idea how much is underground) 680mm
Cross beam width: 585mm
Width of stone: 45mm
Other information
This is a stone cross which is outside in the churchyard standing against the family monument – this is at the north east end of the church. It was reseated and the new information plaque were added in 2017. The cross was missing in February and reinstalled for Easter 2017.
Survey and photographs courtesy of: Sarah Salmon
Date of survey: 24th September 2017
