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John William Flynn | |||
Rank: | Lance Corporal | Number: | 442107 |
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 429th Field Coy | ||
Name of Rgt or Ship: | Royal Engineers 42nd Div. | ||
Died: | 16/06/1917 | Age: | 33 |
How Died: | Killed in Action | ||
Country of burial: | France | Grave Photo: | Yes |
Cemetery or Memorial: | Ruyaulcourt Cemetey | ||
Town Memorial: | Sale | ||
Extra Information: | |||
Born during the September quarter 1884 in the Altrincham R.D. - ref: 8a/188. 1891 Census - 49 Egerton Street, Sale. Visitor - aged: 7 - Scholar - born: Sale. Heads of household - Joseph Redfern - Married - aged: 57 - occ: General Labourer - born: Sheffield, Yorkshire. Also - Ann Redfern - Wife - aged: 59 - born: Nottinghamshire. Plus their 2 Redfern daughters and John's sister - Annie Flynn, aged: 9. 1901 Census - 42 Tatton Road, Sale. Lodger - aged: 16 - occ: Apprentice Plasterer - born: Sale. Still residing with the Redfern family and his elder sister - Ann Flynn. Married Mary Hayes Robinson at St. Anne's P.C. on the 17th March 1906, the marriage being registered during the March quarter 1906 in the Bucklow R.D. - ref: 8a/259. 1911 Census - 1014 Chester Road, Stretford. Head of household - Married - aged: 27 - occ: Plasterer - born: Sale. Also - Maisie Flynn - Wife - aged: 27 - born: Sale. Plus their two daughters - Maisie Flynmn (B.1907) and Phyllis Flynn (b.1909). Born during the September quarter 1884 in the Altrincham R.D. - ref: 8a/188. 1891 Census - 49 Egerton Street, Sale. Visitor - aged: 7 - Scholar - born: Sale. Heads of household - Joseph Redfern - Married - aged: 57 - occ: General Labourer - born: Sheffield, Yorkshire. Also - Ann Redfern - Wife - aged: 59 - born: Nottinghamshire. Plus their 2 Redfern daughters and John's sister - Annie Flynn, aged: 9. 1901 Census - 42 Tatton Road, Sale. Lodger - aged: 16 - occ: Apprentice Plasterer - born: Sale. Still residing with the Redfern family and his elder sister - Ann Flynn. Married Mary Hayes Robinson at St. Anne's P.C. on the 17th March 1906, the marriage being registered during the March quarter 1906 in the Bucklow R.D. - ref: 8a/259. 1911 Census - 1014 Chester Road, Stretford. Head of household - Married - aged: 27 - occ: Plasterer - born: Sale. Also - Maisie Flynn - Wife - aged: 27 - born: Sale. Plus their two daughters - Maisie Flynmn (B.1907) and Phyllis Flynn (b.1909). Original No. T2371. Enlisted in September 1915 and drafted to the front in June 1916. Death reported in the 20/06/1917 edition of the Altrincham Guardian. Left a widow and three children - the eldest being just 10 years old. Post War, they are recorded as residing at 3 Dudley Road, Sale. Also listed on the Royal Engineers Memorial, Old Trafford, now re-erected in the T.A. Centre at Failsworth, Manchester. Commemorated on he family gravestone in Sale Cemetery - J.322. |
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Metro-Vickers (Trafford Park) | |||
St. Joseph's R.C. (Sale) | |||
Royal Engineers HQ | |||
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