WINCH, ANTHONY DESMOND. Lieutenant, 200088. 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 24 January 1945. Aged 23. Born Oxfordshire. Resided Kent. Adopted son of Lieutenant Colonel George Bluett Winch and Ethel May Winch of Boughton Monchelsea Place, Maidstone, Kent. Buried Brunssum War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands. Grave Ref: VI. 291. Anthony was Mentioned in Despatches, he was killed by enemy motor fire near to the town of Maastricht. After his death the sanctuary lamp at St. Peter’s was given by his parents in his memory

The above is a composite image of the photographs taken by Lorenz Parker, of the four unusual memorial pillars in the parish church of St. Peter’s, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent, which commemorate the village casualties of both the two world wars

Memorial pillars in the parish church of St. Peter’s, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent / PDF File