See also
| Husband: | Thomas Frank LYNES (1923-1946) | |
| Wife: | Sybil May PACKWOOD (1923-2011) | |
| Marriage | 1942 | Coleshill, Warwickshire, England |
| Name: | Thomas Frank LYNES | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | William LYNES (1897-1953) | |
| Mother: | Hannah Elizabeth WILCOCK (1902-1993) | |
| Birth | 1923 | Nether Whitacre, Warwickshire, England |
| Residence | 1942 (age 18-19) | Moosburg an der Isar, Bavaria, Germany |
| Stalag VII-A POW Camp. According to official German sources, there had been 76,248 prisoners at the camp in January 1945 |
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| Death | 28 Oct 1946 (age 22-23) | Kingshurst, Warwickshire, England |
| Tom was digging trenches on a building site when the walls of a trench collapsed on him and another man. The other man was extricated alive and survived, but Tom was dead when the rescuers reached him | ||
| Burial | 1946 | |
| at St Peter and St Paul, Coleshill | ||
| Name: | Sybil May PACKWOOD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1923 | Coleshill, Warwickshire, England |
| Death | 2011 (age 87-88) | |
ATTESTATION
Name LYNES Thomas Frank
Date of Birth -20-01-1923
Place of Birth- Whitacre
Fathers First Name -William
Mothers Name-Hannah Elizabeth
Rank-L/Sgt
Unit-R,A (Royal Artillery)
Service Number- 1137679
Date and Place of Capture-21.02.1943 Tunisia
Prisoner of War in Italian hands according to telegram received 03.04.1943 and to capture card received 29.04.1943. Detained in transit camp on 17.03.1943 according to list received 26.04.1943. Transferred to Camp C.C. 73 P.M.3300 on 16.06.1943. Prisoner of war in German hands arrived at Stalag VIIA on 30.12.1943 coming from Pizzignano. Remained until liberation. POW Number 128084