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 1924 - 2006 (82 years)
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| Name |
John Anthony WYNN |
| Birth |
11 Jan 1924 |
Woolwich  |
- Mar Q 1924 1d 1887 Woolwich
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| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
13 Feb 2006 |
Scotland |
| Burial |
Mar 2006 |
Buried at sea off Eastbourne. |
- 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
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| Person ID |
I1644 |
Mills/Rushton Family History |
| Last Modified |
24 Nov 2013 |
| Father |
Harold John Buddry WYNN, b. 09 May 1892, Belvedere, Erith, Kent d. 26 Sep 1970, 72, Oxford Road, Banbury (Age 78 years) |
| Mother |
Charlotte Hannah BROOKS, b. 1894, Belvedere, Erith, Kent |
| Marriage |
11 Sep 1919 |
The Parish Church, Woolwich |
| Family ID |
F519 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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