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Captain Edwin Sinton MC

 

Sinton 1

 

Captain Edwin Sinton MC, 4th Light Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers. Formerly a Sergeant in the North Irish Horse, Service No. 1076. Transferred to the Royal Field Artillery, then the Royal Engineers. Husband of Mabel A Sinton of 54 St Saviours Road, St Leonards, Sussex, England.

Military Cross published in London Gazette Supplement No.30901, 16 September 1918: "T./Lt. A./Capt. Edwin Sinton, R.F.A. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Under very heavy shelling set a fine example of cheerful disregard of danger, and was of great assistance in evacuating light railway stock and maintaining traffic until the advance of the enemy rendered further work impossible."

Killed in action on 21 August 1918, aged 35. Buried at Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois, Pas-de-Calais, France, grave XI.C.19. The gravestone inscription reads:

CAPTAIN

E. SINTON MC.

ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY

21ST AUGUST 1918

In the image below, the grave is third from the left in the row nearest the Cross of Sacrifice.

 

Sinton 2

 

Sinton 3

 

Images kindly provided by Simon Godly - see his First World War website at www.webmatters.net.