Serjeant 43299 John Claude Arthur Tune

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps - 39th Field Amb.
Theatre of War: Egypt
Theatre of War First Served: (3) Egypt
Date Entered Therein: 04/08/1915

Age at death: 26
Date of death: 14th of February 1916 (Monday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Port Said War Memorial Cemetery - J. 25.

Family details:
Son of Sarah Jane Renton (formerly Tune), of 124, Peckers Hill, Sutton Oak, St. Helens, Lancs., and the late John Thomas Tune. Native of Warrington.

Census details:
1891 - Not found. 1901 - 13 years old 'Painter - Rail Wagons' Claude is living at 103 Houghton Road, Sutton, St Helens with widowed mother Sarah J (36) and three siblings: Winifred (11), Florence (9), Herbert (7). 1911 - Sees 23 years old 'Railway Sheeter' John C living at 124 Pickers Hill Road, Sutton, St Helens with remarried mother and family. The household consisted of John Renton (63), Sarah Jane Renton (47) and children: Joseph Renton (8), Harold Renton (6), John Claud Tune (23), Herbert Tune (17), Winifred Tune (21). Note: The Tune family are listed as 'June' in the 1911 census.

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url] [url=lmem.php?lmem=22]Also Remembered on Sutton St Nicholas's War Memorial[/url] Shown as `Tune C` on the Cenotaph.

[pic]gallery_shroh/jcatuneramc.jpg[/pic] [caption] Courtesy of Creafield from GWF and Ste M[/caption]