For what it is worth;
WYNNE, CHARLES WYNDHAM. Rank: Captain. Regiment or Service: Royal Garrison Artillery. Unit: 182nd Siege Battery. Age at Death; 22. Date of Death: 24-June-1917. Died of Wounds. Born 25-May-1895. Supplementary information; Son of Albert Augustus. and Alice Katherine Wynne, of Tigroney, Avoca, Co. Wicklow. Supplementary information from De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour; Youngest son of Albert Augustus Wynne of Tigroney, Avoca and Glendalough Cottage, Co Wicklow, Civil Engineer, by his wife Alice K dau of the Rev John Wynne of Corrie, Bagenalstown; b 29 May. 1895; educ Lancing College (Methematical Exhibition), and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was a member of the O. T. C. ; gazetted 2nd Lt R. G. A. , 28th Feb, 1918, promoted Lieut and Capt, Sept 1916, served for a time in Ireland. Subsequently volunteered for foreign service, and served with the Enpeditionaly Force in France and Flanders from Sept, 1916, ad second in Command of the Battery, took part in the battle of Arras, 9 April, 1917, and of Messines, 7th June, and died at the General Hospital, St Omer, 24th June, 1917, of wounds received in action at Armentieres 10th June. Buried in St Omer. A brother officer wrote; “He was one of the best. Beloved by his men, and excellent officer, with a tremendous interest and whole-heartedness in our work, ” and a Private; “You will understand what a high opinion we all had of him, and now that he is no longer with us, we realise of what irreplaceable value he was, and would give all we know to have him with us again”. Grave or Memorial Reference: IV. C. 38. Cemetery: Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery in France. He is also listed on the Balliol College WW1 Memorial.
