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Edmund De Wind

Edmund De Wind, VC (11 December 1883 – 21 March 1918) was a British Army officer during the First World War, and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Both his native Northern Ireland and his adopted home of Canada count De Wind amongst the men of their militaries who have earned the VC
==Background==
De Wind was born in Comber, County Down, Ireland on 11 December 1883 to Arthur Hughes De Wind, C.E., and Margaret Jane De Wind.〔(Dewind, Edmund ), Commonwealth War Graves Commission〕 He was educated at Campbell College and then went to work for the Bank of Ireland, Clones branch.〔http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/deWind.htm〕
De Wind was living in Canada in 1914 and working for the CIBC when World War I broke out. He served with The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada for a period of six months prior to his enlistment as a private on 16 November 1914 in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force.〔http://www.acc-vac.gc.ca/content/collections/virtualmem/photoview.cfm?casualty=7600006&photo=4297〕 He arrived in France with 2nd Division of C.E.F. in September 1915. He saw action in the Battle of the Somme (1916) and at Vimy Ridge (1917). He earned a commission in September 1917 in the British Army.〔(Find-A-Grave Profile of Edmund De Wind )〕

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