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Gnr. Hinwood, John William James (Jack)

Gunner

Date of Birth: 8/4/189, Deptford Wylie, Wilts
Enlisted - Date: 1/6/1915
Other service: 168238, Gnr, RFA
Demobilised: 6/5/1919
Awards: BWM. VIC. SWB.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 8/4/189, Deptford Wylie, Wilts. Parents - John & Annie

1901 - 4 Canterbury Rd, Swansea. 6yo. W parents & older sis

1911 - 4 Canterbury Rd, Brynmill, Swansea. 16yo. Occ-Clerk, Colliery Proprieter. W parents (Dad army pensioner and customs worker), older sis and grandmother

1921 - 4 Canterbury St, Brynmill, Swansea. 27y2m. Occ-Resident Inspector, London Assurance Corp, Oxford St, Swansea. W parents & older sis

Swanea Cricketer

1925 - Married Vera Carlton Andrews, 24 Aug 1925, St Marys, Swansea. Occ-Insurance Inspector. Add-4 Canterbury Rd

1939 - 109 Derwen Fawr Rd, Swansea. DOB 8/4/1894. Occ-Insurance Manager. W wife, Vera

1939 - : INSURANCE INSTITUTE ELECTS PRESIDENT. Mr Jack Hinwood, a familiar figure in West Wales sporting circles, has been elected the rpesident of the Insurance Institute of Swansea.

Herald of Walles 22/7/1950: SWANSEA CLUB CENTENARY GAME RECALLS THE "FABULOUS" PAST. ,,, Of more obvious and meaty allurement was the cricket of one Jack Hinwood. Here indeed was a cricketer who could not fail to capture the imagination of any schoolboy - tanned and massive, he did everything from our point of view on the grand and exciting scale; stumps would be sent cart-wheeling out of the ground and (joy of joys) huge towering sixes smote at random.

1971 - Died aged 77, 14 May 1971, Swansea. Add-109 Derwen Fawr Rd, Sketty.

Address:
4 Canterbury Rd Brynmill
Swansea (CENS)

Military Service

No SR or Brigade serv number

Enl 1/6/1915, likely Swansea. Likely No 1383, 1386 or 1387

Likely 2nd Line

Transferred from the 2nd Line to 4A Res Bde, Regular Army,Woolwich,7 Sep1916. New number 168238

Disch 6/5/19 from RA Com Depot, Ripon, Mil Pension - Syncopitis, (L) Knee, SWB

CDL 23/6/19 - Hinwood was badly wounded in the leg during the war, and there were fears that he would not be able to play any more cricket.

Discharged - Reason: Sickness 392(xvi)
Disabilities (Pens): Synovitis (L) Knee
Final Unit: RA Com Depot, Ripon
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(PENS)(SWB)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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