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Alfred Wintle

Alfred Wintle, Russian-English soldier and politician (died 1966)

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Born
September 30, 1897
Died
May 11, 1966
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1897

About Alfred Wintle

Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Daniel Wintle MC, better known as A. D. Wintle, was a British Army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. He was the first non-lawyer to achieve a unanimous verdict in his favour in the House of Lords, and is considered one of London's greatest eccentrics. Wintle, (30 September 1897 – 11 May 1966) was a British Army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. At the outbreak of the First World War, 16-year-old Wintle was in Dunkirk and claimed to have "irregularly attached" himself to Commander Samson's armoured-car unit, witnessing Uhlans being shot on one occasion in Belgium.

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The world when Alfred Wintle was born

Alfred Wintle was born in 1897. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineKlondike Gold Rush begins in Canada
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical diesel engine built
  • Defining fadKlondike Gold Rush fever
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population70.0M

1897 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Alfred Wintle's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18972026
Population70.0M341 million

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