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BORN 1887
DIED 2 May 1915 AGE 27
VC Won 2 May 1915 AGE 27
Place VC Won Wieltje, near Ypres, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name John Lynn No. 1272 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 612 Awards VC DCM
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, B Company
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Fusilers
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Forest Hill, London, England
Place Of Death Near Vlamertinghe, Belgium
Buried/Location Ashes Vlamertinghe Churchyard, Belgium (grave later destroyed by shell-fire)
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 29 June 1915
VC Presented Registered post to his fiancee, Alice Mason on the 29 March 1916
Memorials
P Memorial headstone at Grootebeek British Cemetery, Reningelst, 4 miles south west of Ypres, Belgium
Named on War Memorial, Christ Church, Church Rise, Forest Hill, SE London. Church now private housing
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Lewisham Civic Centre, Lewisham, SE London
P Named on Victoria Cross Mural, Lewisham Shopping Centre, Lewisham, SE London
P Originel battlefield cross, St Mary’s The Virgin, Bury, Greater Manchester
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, War Memorial, High Street, Lewisham, South London
P Victoria Cross Memorial, By War Memorial, High Street South, Lewisham, South London
By The Way…
He was fostered when only three days old by John and Elizabeth Harrison
VC Held By
Lancashire Fusiliers Museum, Wellington Barracks, Bury, Lancashire, England
