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He was born in Plymouth on 12 March 1915, the 1st son of Alfred Michael Winser, solicitor, and Elisabeth Marjorie [Routh] of Bushey, Hertfordshire - their younger son was also killed and is also listed on this memorial. He was educated at Winchester College (1928-1933) before achieving a 2nd class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1937; BA 1943: he was also Secretary and then Captain of the Boat Club in 1934-1935, President of the Sundial Society in 193, Secretary of the Oxford University Boat Club in 193, a rowing Blue in 1936 and was awarded the Newdigate Prize for English Verse 1936. He then attended Yale University in 1937 and read Philosophy before becoming a medical student at Charing Cross Hospital 1939. He was the author of Rain (for which he was awarded the Newdigate Prize) in 1936, A Gay Goodnight, 1937 with R G Addis (a fellow Corpus student who is also listed on this memorial) in 1935 and Time to Kill in 1939. Having failed to join the RAF due to colour blindness, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps attached to Royal Marine Commandos and won his MC on D-Day.