Little Todham Farmhouse.

A previous occupant of Little Todham Farmhouse was Brigadier-General Charles de Winton.  He enlisted in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1880 and had an early career in India and Burma.  By 1914 he was a Brigadier General.  His medal rolls record he was awarded the Burma clasp to the India medal in 1887 and the Victory, British War and 1914-15 star.  He was also awarded the CMG.

Between 1911-15, he commanded 162th Infantry Brigade of 54th Division.  Before the Great War they were a territorial formation in a home defence role as coastal defence brigade in East Anglia. In May 1915, the brigade concentrated with its division in the St Albans area to prepare for overseas service. On 8th July it was warned for service at Gallipoli and between 28 and 30 July it departed Devonport and Liverpool for the Mediterranean.  On the night of 10/11 August 1915 the brigade landed at Suvla Bay with its division as part of IX Corps.  Brig Gen de Winton handed over command before operations commenced and was posted to command 175th Infantry Brigade.

175th Infantry Brigade was part of 58th (London) Division that in 1915 was in a home defence role and based in the Ipswich area training for operations. In early 1917 it deployed to the Western Front.  The Division then remained in France and Flanders and took part in the Battle of Bullecourt (4-17 May) and the Third Battle of Ypres Sep – Nov 1917. 

Brigadier-General de Winton retired on 23rd December 1917 aged 57 and lived in Great Malvern.  The 1939 England and Wales register records him as a widowed and retired army officer living in Little Todham Farmhouse aged 79.  Brig de Winton was active in the Midhurst Branch of the Royal British Legion immediately before the outbreak of World War 2.