South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Corporal 10661 Charles Arthur LYNER - 5th Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry


Killed in Action on Friday, May 5, 1916 aged 29

Military History
     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery 
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
20 May 1915 ~ Moreton Morrell
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Local actions near Arras On or before 4 August 1914 at Rugby Woodhouse St. Mary's, Leicestershire
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
Arras    
     
  • Had previously served on HMS Gibraltar between 11 Jun 1913 and 1 Jul 1913

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

The war diary for the day shows that the battalion was near Arras and that between the 1st and 7th May 1916 they were engaged in working parties. Charles was the only casualty during that time and the war diarty entry for the day he is listed as being killed, 5 May 1916, briefly states "Work - 1 OR killed" so we don't know exactly how Charles was killed.
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Bapitsm Date/Place
14 May 1887 in Quorn, Leics  
   
Parents Names Parents Abode
George and Sarah Lyner Herrick Cottage, Quorn
   
Wife & Marriage Date/Place Children & Year of Birth
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Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History                       
1911 - Wellas Cottage, Quorn 1911 - Domestic Footman 
   
We have not yet made any connections to Moreton Morrell, what we do know is
  1. he enlisted in Rugby rather than Leicestershire, possibly because he was working nearby.
  2. he enlisted with Corporal 10669 Arthur Sturman into the 5th Bn O&BLI on the same day in Rugby. Arthur was a footman at Moreton Hall.
  3. he worked as a Groom/Footman and so may have worked in on the the large houses in Moreton Morrell,
  4. there is the only one Charles Lyner who died who in WW1 (CWGC)
  5. there is only one Charles Lyner who was born in England or Wales since 1844 registered on FreeBMD

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