Private Wilfrid George VINT (1904)

8th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Born 21 August 1885 in Bradford
Killed in action 8 December 1916, aged 31
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Also commemorated on a brass plaque at Bradford Magistrates Court.

Wilfrid Vint was the third son of Charles John Vint and Eliza Hannah, née Terry, of Richmond House, Great Horton Rd, Bradford. Both his nephew and his brother were Mertonians.

He was educated at Ghyll Royd School, Ilkley, and Shrewsbury School, and came up to Oxford in 1904. He coxed the Shrewsbury VIII for five years, the College VIII in 1907, and the University Trial VIII in 1905. After University he practiced as a solicitor, working for the Great Northern Railway in King’s Cross, London, before joining his father’s firm, Vint, Parkinson, Hill & Killick in Bradford.

He enlisted on 27 March 1916, and served in France.

He was killed in action near Beaucourt, on 8 December 1916.