In Memory Of

TWYNAM, JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 131
Rank:
 Staff Sergeant
Unit:
 1st Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Mounted Rifles
Date of Death:
 1914-11-30
Cause of Death:
 Struck by lightning, whilst on signalling duty
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BARNEA SIDING BURIAL GROUND, BETHLEHEM
Localitly:
 Free State
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of John and Mary Rachel Twyman, of Soberton House, Soberton, Droxford, Hampshire, England. His three brothers also died in service. William Hugh Twynam - 11 January 1883 - 24 April 1915. Corporal 16391 with 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry. Commemorated on Menin Gate. Lieutenant Hugh Twynam - 14 May 1888 - 19 January 1917. Died when his submarine E36 collided with submarine E43 in British North Sea. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Second Lieutenant Godfrey Twynam, 11th Battalion, Border Regiment - 9 March 1891 - 18 November 1916. Buried Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel. All four Twynam brothers are commemorated on the Soberton village war memorial and on a brass plaque in Soberton church.