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The Twynam Family of Soberton
The Twynam Family of Soberton
In St Peters Church in Soberton, Hampshire, is a brass plaque with the inscription "IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE FOUR BELOVED SONS & SON-IN-LAW OF/ JOHN AND MARY TWYNHAM/ OF SOBERTON HOUSE./ WILLIAM HUGH TWYNAM/ CORPORAL 7TH BATT CANADIAN REGT./ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE APRIL 24TH 1915; JOHN TWYNAM/ STAFF SERGT. SOUTH AFRICAN MOUNTED RIFLES/ KILLED BY LIGHTNING AT WINDHOEK WHILE ON DUTY/ NOV. 3RD 1914./ HUGH TWYNAM/ LIEUT. R.N.R. DROWNED IN SUBMARINE/ JANUARY 19TH 1917./ GODFREY TWYNAM/ LIEUT. 1TH BORDER REGT./ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE NOV. 12TH 1916./ GEOFFREY MATTHEW GEORGE CULLEY/ CAPT. 11TH ROYAL WEST KENT REGT./ THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH FRANCIS CULLEY/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE SEPT. 15TH 1916./ WHO ALL GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING & COUNTRY/" There was also another brother, Charles, who served in the Middlesex Regiment and Machine Gun Corps, and survived the war. This community remembers the family.
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Born 1891
Died 1951
British Army PS/218 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment
British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps
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Born 1883
Died 1915
Canadian Expeditionary Force 16391
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Born 1888
Died 1917
Royal Navy 002583 Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant (Probationary) Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - HM Submarine E36
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Born 1884
Died 1914
South African Services 131 Staff Sergeant South African Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment
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Born 1883
Died 1916
British Army Captain Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Battalion
British Army Lance Captain Royal West Kent Regiment
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