Geburtsdatum: 30/08/1882

Geburtsort: Little Tew, Oxfordshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Beruf: Baker

Land: England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Dienstnummer: 40737

Einberufung ort: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Einheiten:  —  Worcestershire Regiment, 10th Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 24/07/1917

Sterbeort: Pheasant Wood, Belgien

Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen

Alter: 34

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

Private James William Flynn - a 34-year-old baker from Oxford - was part of the 10th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, 57th Brigade, 19th Division.

On July 22nd 1917 the battalion moved into the line, which ran through Green Wood, south of the village of Hollebeke. Two companies held posts in the wood, further back another Company was entrenched in the old front line at Rose Wood and another in reserve in a trench east of Godezeune Farm. This line was held under heavy artillery fire until the 29th of July, when the Regiment was relieved and moved to Kemmel.

Private James William Flynn was most likely mortally wounded on the 24th of July by shellfire while holding the line. As he was buried near Pheasant Wood (near a road called Damm Strasse), it is possible he died while being evacuated to the rear.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Verwendete Quellen

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/456541/flynn,-/ Verwendete Quellen

H.Fitz M. Stacke, The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, 270-271. Verwendete Quellen

Naval & Military Archive http://www.nmarchive.com/ Verwendete Quellen

The Long, Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Verwendete Quellen