John Stuart Rymer
Memorial: Hambrook - Whiteshill Common
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Gunner 120959
Parents: John and Emily Rymer and step-mother Kate Rymer
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: The Grove Winterbourne, Bristol Lived: Crossley Farm, Winterbourne, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Farm pupil
Date of birth: 26/10/1895
Place of birth: Winterbourne, Bristol
Date of death: 03/10/1921
Buried/Commemorated at: St Peter’s Church, Frampton Cotterell, Bristol
Age: 25
Further information:
John was born in Winterbourne, the son of a farmer and the eldest of four brothers. His mother died in 1906 when John was 10 years old and his father remarried three years later.
John was listed as a member of the Volunteer Training Corps (VTC) in the Frenchay Church Magazine in December 1915. He was wounded in October of 1918, a month before the Armistice and was awarded a wound stripe. John was discharged from the army four months later in February 1919 with an unspecified disability, very likely the result of his wounding. He died two years later at the Ministry of Pensions War Hospital in Bath.
Note – he is not included on CWGC website.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/