Dudley Beresford Hoole Fynn · Pte. · † 1916

Persoonlijke gegevens

Naam	Fynn
Initialen	D.B.H.
Voornaam	Dudley Beresford Hoole
Geboortedatum en -plaats	Redlands, Stutterheim, Cape; 11.08.1895
Land van dienst	South Africa
Familie	Son of West White Fynn and Elizabeth Fanny (née Dick) Fynn, of Redlands, Dohne, Cape Province, South Africa.

Identificatienummer	1387
Rang	Pte.
Regiment / Eenheid	3rd Regt. South African Infantry (9 Scottish Division)
Sterfdatum	16/07/1916
Leeftijd	20
Begraafplaats / Gedenkteken	London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, 9.E.51

Informtion: 'The Yeoville Lamp' - Yeoville,Transvaal, South Africa Branch. Endowed on 02.11.1927. First lit at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 03.12.1927, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Frank Aubrey Jones, C.M.G., D.S.O., Lt.-Col. Bernafay Wood, France, 11.7.1916; of Dudley Beresford Hodd (sic) Fynn, Pte., 3rd South African Infantry. France 16.7.1916; of George Pagnell Leslie, Pte., 3rd South African Infantry. France, 16.7.1916 (sic); and of R. Lester Coltman, Lt., Coldstream Guards. Cambrai, 27.11.1917.
Information 2: His body was found in 1937 at Waterlot Farm, south of Delville Wood.
Information 3: His brother, L/Cpl. Hedley Sutcliffe Fynn, 3 Regt. South African Infantry died on 20.09.1917 (Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Zillebeke), his other brother, 2nd Lt. Robert Charles Fynn, 4 Bedfordshire Regiment, died on 25.03.1918, aged 30 (buried in same cemetery as Dudley)
Information 4: Commemorated on the Roll of Honour in the chapel at St John's College, Houghton, South Africa
Information 5: His sister, Mildred Atherstone Fynn, a Nursing Sister in the Royal Red Cross, serving in France, visited his grave (17.02.1918) (picture below).