BORN HULL 1878. SON OF CORNELIUS CLYNES (1850-1890) AND SARAH ELIZABETH FOSTON (1860-1923). A SHIP’S FIREMAN. HE MARRIED NANCY PARK (1882-1952), AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN JULY 1898. HIS WIFE NANCY & FIVE CHILDREN LIVED AT 7 GERTRUDES TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY. ARRIVED IN NEW YORK, ON 21/09/1917. HE DIED IN EGYPT, ON 09/12/1918, AGED 40. HE LEFT FOUR SISTERS AND BROTHER, LANCE CORPORAL, CORNELIUS CLYNES, ROYAL ENGINEERS. HIS FAMILY LATER EMIGRATED TO TORONTO, CANADA.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/12/1919. HE IS NOT LISTED IN CWGC RECORDS.
First name:
JOHN ALFRED
Regiment:
Rank:
Fireman
Date Died
09/12/1918
Place died:
Egypt
Age:
40
