John Anthony WYNN

Notes:

Birth:
Mar Q 1924 1d 1887 Woolwich

Buried:
A funeral service for him was held at 'The Hastings Fisherman's Museum', Hastings, East Sussex, on 1st March and he was due to be buried at sea later that day.
However, due to bad weather, his burial did not actually take place until a few days later. The area where he was buried is one of only five permissible burial grounds at sea in the English Channel.
John did serve in the Royal Navy, as did his father (my grandfather),and in the late 1960's he was an Auxiliary Coastguard at Fairlight (keeping watch on the area where he is now buried.
He also kept watch on the 'Firehills' overlooking Rye Bay and Hastings.
In his younger days he helped restore, in part ownership, a large cutter sailing ship called the 'Marigold' in Rye, which has gone on to be a Classic Ship of its day (see www.marigold1892.co.uk )
He also helped a friend and colleague, Jeff Larkby, build his own sailing yacht in Rye harbour from where they sailed across to France on numerous occasions in it.
A true man of the sea!

Courtesy of Howard Burgess. Nov. 2013

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Paul WYNN was born on 11 Mar 1949.
2. Nick WYNN was born on 31 Aug 1955.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 22 Jan 1917; He volunteered on the 22 January 1917, for the period of 'hostilities only'. His official number was 65800 and his Port Division was Chatham (Kent). He served as an Ordinary Seaman under a Captain Dawson, first on HMS Pembroke (22/1/1917 to10/3/1917) and then on HMS Mantua (11/3/1917 to 28/1/1919).

Notes:

Birth:
Jun Q 1892 2a 476 Dartford

Died:
Sep Q 1970 6b 2167 Banbury

Harold married Charlotte Hannah BROOKS on 11 Sep 1919 in The Parish Church, Woolwich. Charlotte was born in 1894 in Belvedere, Erith, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Mar Q 1894 2a 485 Dartford

Died:
Registration district: Banbury
County: Oxfordshire
Year of registration: 1966
Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at death: 72
Volume no: 6B Page no: 998

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Married:
Sep Q 1919 1d 3095 Woolwich

Witnessed by James Turner Ronald Wynn & James Henry Brooks

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Schoolmaster
• Baptism: 18 Jul 1844, Church of St. Botolph, Knottingly
• Census: 1881, 9, Victoria Road, Putney
• Census: 1901, St. Oswald, Lessness Park, Erith

Notes:

Birth:
Q2 1844 22 466 Pontefract

Census:
Description: Schoolmaster

Census:
Description: Schoolmaster

Died:
Mar Q 1914 1d 40 Southwark

William married Mary BUDDRY on 25 Oct 1890 in St. Mary's Church, Islington. Mary was born in 1869 in Paddington, Middlesex; died in 1950; was buried in Grave F158, Erith Cemetery, Brook St. Erith, Kent.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Dec Q 1869 1a 61 Kensington

Died:
Name: WYNN, Mary
Registration district: Wood Green
County: Middlesex
Year of registration: 1950
Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at death:81
Volume no: 5F Page no: 466

Notes:

Married:
Dec Q 1890 1b 440 Islington

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1844, Knottingley; Joiner
• Census: 1851, 20, Kidd Street, Woolwich Dockyard, Woolwich, Kent
• Census: 1861, 19, Upper Garden Street, Woolwich
• Census: 1871, 4, Caroline Terrace, Gillingham, Kent

Notes:

Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grace a Dieu (Great Harry), the largest ship of its day.

Like its counterpart at Deptford, it was probably chosen for its position - on the south bank of the tidal River Thames conveniently close to Henry's palace at Greenwich.

By the mid 18th-century, Woolwich was the fifth largest dockyard in the country (after Portsmouth, Plymouth, Deptford, and Chatham). It employed just over 700 men and specialised in heavy repair and building work.

Its facilities ultimately included two large dry docks, a substantial basin (now used by local anglers), numerous storehouses, a gatehouse and clockhouse, gun bastions, and, in later years, a large metal-working factory used to produce anchors and other iron items used in ship-building.

As ships grew bigger and the Thames began to silt up, the dockyard eventually closed in 1869, but some of its features still remain, while Woolwich Dockyard railway station reminds commuters of the history of the area.

Census:
Description: Joiner, HM Dockyard

Census:
Description: Joiner in HM Dockyard

Census:
Description: Leading Mar. Joiner HM Dockyard

Woolwich Dockyard closed in 1869, hence his move to Gillingham by 1871 where he would have worked in the Chatham Dockyard.

Died:
Sep Q 1873 2a 243 Medway

Description: Rupture of a blood vessel (sudden) no medical attandant

Informant: James Tomlin in attendance Luton Road Chatham

John married Sarah TURNER on 20 Nov 1843 in Parish Church, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Sarah was born in 1823 in Darrington, Yorkshire; was christened on 21 Apr 1823 in Darrington, Yorkshire; died in 1868 in Lower Harden Street, (Later Harden St. SE18); was buried on 18 Apr 1868 in St. Thomas, Woolwich. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Jun Q 1868 1d 470 Greenwich

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Married:
Dec Q 1843 22 366 Pontefract