Edward Joseph Lynch

1879 Feb 5 born Waterford. Son of John & Kate

1914 Sep 12 Enlisted in Kings Liverpool Regt

1914 Sep 30 Discharged medically unfit

1915 May 9 On the Lusitania when it sunk. I am not convinced that this is true - he is not on the list of passengers, nor the list of survivors. It seems strange too that he married within 2 weeks of the sinking

1915 May 22 married Aberdeen to Helen Thomson Bruce

1915 Jun 25 Attests to Gordon Highlanders. West North St, Aberdeen,

1916 Feb 5 Discharged not physically fit

1918 Oct 5. Enlisted in RNR

1918 Nov 15 Discharged from Navy as Physically unfit

 

1921 Jun 22 enlisted as RIC no 81936. ex-soldier & engineer

1921 Aug 2 dismissed

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