West White Fynn

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Summary from Twin Trails posted by Craig Stuart Brown on facebook:
Twin Trails by Marjory Davies
West White Fynn and Elizabeth Fanny Dick
This was a Kei Road family that moved to Rhodesia
Their children:
Percival Donald Leslie Fynn Kt CMG MP
Sir Percy went to Dale College was acting Prime Minister Southern Rhodesia
His son Lt Col Frances West “Ted” Fynn MC USA Bronze Star London Scottish Infantry, Second Commando

Hilton Clifford Knight Fynn
He went to Dale College
Served in the Bechuanaland Field Force, Langeberg
Moved to Rhodesia
Served German East Africa with Pay Corps December 1916

Melvyn Dick Fynn
Joined Cape Mounted Police served in the Bechuanaland Field Force, Langeberg
Moved to Rhodesia
His son P/O Norman Dick Fynn DFC 10 Squadron, RAFVR

Mildred Atherstone Fynn RRC and Bar
On Active service 1914-1919 as a Nursing Sister 1915 German South West Africa then France 1916
Awarded the Royal Red Cross invested by King George V Buckingham Palace on the 22nd February 1919
After the war she was killed in a Motor Accident

Vivian West Fynn
Vivian served with Brabant’s Horse during the Boer War was at the Siege of Wepener, was later in the District Mounted Police, Cathcart
Moved to Rhodesia

Florence Elfreda Fynn
Governess near Kei Road never married

Grace Margaret Fynn
Moved to Rhodesia married F.W. Taylor a Surveyor

Robert Charles Fynn KIA
Cape Mounted Police, then on Active Service 1916 2Lt in 4th Bedford Regiment
Killed in Action March 1918 in France

Theophilus Cecil Fynn OBE
Moved to Rhodesia and served in the Rhodesia Government in the Law Department
Received the OBE in the post of Secretary for Justice

Hedley Sutcliffe Fynn KIA
East London Grammar School 1907-08
Served German South West Africa then joined the 3rd Regiment SA Infantry, went to Egypt 1915 then France 1916 at Delville Wood then Killed in Action Flanders 20th September 1917

Bernard Cotterel Fynn DS
East London Grammar School
Joined the Rhodesia Regiment went on Active Service German East Africa Died on Service December 1918 buried Limbe, Nyasaland

Avice Winifred Fynn
Moved to Rhodesia and lived there worked on the mines

Dudley Beresford Fynn KIA
Served German South West Africa with Rhodesia Regiment, then with the 3rd Regiment SA Infantry, was wounded in Egypt and Killed in Action on his 21st Birthday 16th July 1916 in the battle of Delville Wood

Salisbury Cathedral (Harare) has a memorial window to the memory of the four Brothers - Robert, Hedley, Bernard and Dudley Fynn who gave their lives in the Great War

West married Elizabeth Fanny Dick on 2 Nov 1871. Elizabeth (daughter of John Dick and Harriet Sarah Hoole) was born on 23 Sep 1850 in Waterfall farm, Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 15 Dec 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Aug 1909 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Percival Donald Leslie Fynn, Kt., CMG was born on 16 Aug 1872 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Apr 1940 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
2. Hilton Clifford Knight Fynn was born on 11 Jun 1874 in Graham Villa, Transkei, South Africa; died in 1956 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
3. Melvyn Dick Fynn was born on 9 Mar 1876 in 'Graham Villa', King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jan 1950 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
4. Mildred Atherstone Fynn was born on 30 Aug 1877 in Transkei, South Africa; died on 30 Mar 1960 in Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia.
5. Vivian West Fynn was born on 18 Sep 1879 in 'Rockby', Kei Road, Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Mar 1957 in Mazoe District, Southern Rhodesia.
6. Florence Elfreda Fynn was born on 11 Aug 1881 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 15 Jul 1958 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
7. Grace Margaret Fynn was born on 23 Sep 1883 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Jun 1953 in Harare, Zimbabwe; was buried in Avondale Cemetery, Rhodesia.
8. Robert Charles Fynn was born on 25 Sep 1885; died in 1916 in Great Battle of March, France.
9. Hon. Theophilus Cecil Fynn, O.B.E., M.L.A. was born on 16 Apr 1887 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jul 1964 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
10. Hedley Sutcliffe Fynn was born on 24 Jan 1891 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Sep 1917 in Flanders, Belgium.
11. Bernard Cotterel Fynn was born on 16 Sep 1892 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Dec 1918 in Limbe, Nyasaland.
12. Avice Winifred Fynn was born on 3 Dec 1893 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Apr 1981 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
13. Dudley Beresford Hoole Fynn was born on 11 Aug 1895 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1916 in Delville Wood, Somme, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: William McDowell D Fynn 1808

William married Margaret Johanna West on 2 Mar 1833 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Margaret (daughter of Thomas West and Dorothea Adriana Van Der Schyff) was born on 13 Apr 1810; died on 13 May 1907 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Henry Fynn 1808

Henry married Elizabeth Copestick on 22 Jun 1800 in London Church (St George's - Hanover Square), London, England. Elizabeth was born est 1783 in Wales, UK; died about 1828 in Cape Colony, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Copestick 1808

Thomas + Dorothea Adriana Van Der Schyff. Dorothea (daughter of Hermanus Van Der Schyff and Johanna Margaretha Boomhouer) was born on 4 Sep 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hermanus + Johanna Margaretha Boomhouer. Johanna (daughter of Frederik Boomhouer and Hermina Classen van die Kaap) was born on 26 May 1748; died on 22 Oct 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]