NUNN, Benjamin Charles


No.5879974, Corporal, Benjamin Charles NUNN
Aged 36


1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
Died of Wounds in Captivity on Sunday, 5th April 1942


Born on 7th January 1905 Bury St.Edmunds 4a:977, son of (née REYNOLDS)

1911 census...Aged 6, he was at 28 Westgate Road, Bury St.Edmunds with his father John NUNN [32] brewer's labourer; his mother Emily [33]; brothers Fred Reynolds NUNN [14], John [9] and Arthur [4]; widower uncle Henry REYNOLDS [39]. All were born in Bury St.Edmunds. There were 2 sisters Edith Susan [26-4-1911] and Emily jane [29-10-1913]

He married Florence M BURROWS in Bury St.Edmunds in 1936.








photo C.W.G.C.


Benjamin Nunn is buried in Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore 8:C:5
Originally buried in Changi Cemetery, reinterred in April 1946

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