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John Stynes

In memory of:

Gunner John Stynes

May 13, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

1257549

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Garrison Artillery

Division:

9th Siege Bty.

Additional Information

Born:

September 24, 1891
Colwich, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

July 19, 1916
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Son of Annie Comfort Smith (formerly Stynes), of Hydes Lea, Stafford, England, and Robert G. Smith (Stepfather).

Commemorated on Page 334 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. D. 18.

Location:

Lievin is a small town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3.5 kilometres west of Lens. The Communal Cemetery is on the south-west side of the town on the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– The inscription on the memorial to the dead of the 9th Canadian Siege Battery located at Royal Artillery Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia, showing John Stynes' name.

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    Memorial – The inscription on the memorial to the dead of the 9th Canadian Siege Battery located at Royal Artillery Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia, showing John Stynes' name.
  • Memorial– The memorial to the dead of the 9th Canadian Siege Battery at Royal Artillery Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on which John Stynes' name is inscribed. Photograph by Tom Tulloch.

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    Memorial – The memorial to the dead of the 9th Canadian Siege Battery at Royal Artillery Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on which John Stynes' name is inscribed. Photograph by Tom Tulloch.

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