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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
L/Cpl. Edgar Edward Lynn
British Army 8th Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:Mellison Road, Tooting
(d.28th June 1916)
Lance Corporal Edward Lynn's entry to the war was on 11th August 1915. He was killed in action on Wednesday 28th June 1916, three days before the Battle of the Somme. He is buried in Carnoy Military Cemetery.In Purfleet, while waiting to be shipped to the front line in France, Edgar Edward Lynn wrote his will on a scrap of paper on 9th August 1915. A witness to this will was A.J.Saville. The day after, on 10th August another will was written, also in Purfleet, by Pte E E Lynn G/8126 10th Battalion East Surrey Regt witnessed by L/C S. ???? and Pte C.Franklin. On 23rd August 1915 a draft of 100 NCOs and men arrived in France from the 10th Battalion and joined and became the 8th Battalion. One of these men was E.E.Lynn.
He was married to Hilda Kathleen Edwards on 19th October 1907 at Wandsworth Register Office. They had three children. E E Lynn (no birth certificate can be found for this name - family mystery?) is also believed to be E E Rowland who was born 19th February 1887 in Wandsworth to Arthur Rowland and Kate Elizabeth Haley. (Unfortunately this cannot be verified.)
Roll of Honour for Lance Corporal E E Lynn, East Surrey Regiment was read at the Tower of London on 21st October 2014. Gone, but never forgotten.
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