Service Details
Name:
 FYNN
Given Name:
 CASTLE BLUNDEN STAPLETON (CHUM)
Initials:
 C B S
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of Death:
 1941-09-01
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Date of Birth:
 1915-01-15
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hampden AD833, at Lancing College near Shoreham, Sussex
Additional
Information:
Son of Frank Ernest and Ethel S. Fynn, of Umtali, Southern Rhodesia. Born Cape Town. Entered Grey House in 1928. After matriculating in 1933 he joined the Native Department. He went overseas for training and attested in the R.A.F. on July 5th, 1940. School Record: House Prefect, 1931-32; School Prefect, 1932-33; Corporal in the Cadets; Rugger 1st XV, 1933; Cricket XI, 1932-33 (Colours); School Tennis VI, 1933. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour. (Also known by the nickname "CHUM").
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Oxfordshire
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Cemetery:
 UPPER HEYFORD CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sec. B. Grave 90.

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