Sylvester Dunn
He was a Colliery, Pony Driver below ground.
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Sylvester Dunn was born in 1893 in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Son of : John Dunn (a Coal Miner) and Mary Ann Dunn née Robinson of 14 Lingford Street Hucknall Torkard Nottinghamshire.
His Father John was born in 1864 in Cropton, Yorkshire and his Mother Mary Ann Robinson was born in 1866 in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
They were married in 1887 in Ilkeston, they had a child prior to their marriage, John William Dunn Robinson was Born in 1886 in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, following the marriage they had the following children all of whom were born in Hucknall Maud b1889, Rebecca b1891, Sylvester Dunn Born 1892, Alice Gertrude Dunn Born 1895, Winifred Dunn Born 1898, James Vincent dunn Born 1904 and Stephen Everard Dunn Born 1907.
In the 1911 census the family are shown living at 14 Lingford Street, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire and are shown as John 47 yrs a coal miner, he is living with his wife Mary 45 yrs and their children , John William 25 yrs a coal miner, Maud 22 yrs a comb hand in the lace industry, Rebecca 20 yrs a comb hand in the lace industry, Sylvester 18 yrs a pony driver underground in a colliery, Alice Gertrude 16 yrs no occupation, Winifred 13 yrs a scholar, James Vincent 6 yrs and Stephen Evered 4 yrs.
Rifleman, Sylvester Dunn Enlisted : Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Served with the 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Landed in France as a reinforcement to 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps on the 15th April 1915.
He was killed in action on 30th November 1917.
He has no known grave.
Commemorated : Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France.
Panel Reference : 9.
Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire as : Sylvester Dunn.
The Family Memorial on which Rifleman, Sylvester is Commemorated is located is in Hucknall Cemetery, Broomhill Road, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
The Memorial Inscription reads "In ever loving Memory of John Dunn died March 21st 1938, aged 73 years.
Also his beloved Wife, Mary Ann died Feb.13th 1932, aged, 64 years and their beloved Son Sylvester, Killed In Action 1918, aged 26 years".
"On whose souls sweet Jesus have mercy. R.I.P.".
There are disrepancies over Sylvester Dunn's age when he died, in 1911 the Census has his age as 18 which would confirm his year of birth as 1893, making him 24 years old when he died in 1917, the Family Memorial states that he was 26 years old, but may have been carved in error.
Sylvester Dunn
Photograph of Sylvester Due is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Smnall Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Photo of Sylvester Dunn
Photograph of a Family Memorial headstone on which Rifleman, Sylvester Dunn is Commemorated in Hucknall Cemetery, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 13th April 2025.
Photo of Sylvester Dunn
Photograph of the Family Memorial Commemorating Rifleman, Sylvester Dunn, which is also his Parents grave in Hucknall Cemetery, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 13th April 2025.
Photo of Sylvester Dunn
Photograph of the Chapel & Graveyard at Hucknall Cemetery, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire where Rifleman, Sylvester Dunn is Commemorated on the Family Memorial by Gary Crosby on the 13th April 2025.