Joynson, Peter

Age: 19
Date of birth: 22nd June 1920

Parents: Major Laurence Bright Joynson and Ethel Vera Joynson nee Bullock.
Wife: Single
Address: 62 Emscote Road, Warwick

Occupation: Career soldier

Peter was born on 22nd June 1920 to parents Major Laurence Bright Joynson (1890-1964) and Ethel Vera nee Bullock (b1894). His parents had married in Warwick in Q3 1916. Peter was educated at Emscote Prep School and then Warwick School. He has a keen sportsman and excelled at shooting, rugby and boxing.

We could not find a 1921 Census but it appears that the family lived in New Street, Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire throughout the 1920’s and 30’s and at the same time had a second property – called ‘Way Down’, the Beach, Pagham, Sussex. In the year 1936 as an example, Major Joynson appears on the Register of Electors at both addresses.
The 1939 Register shows that Peter had two younger brothers, living at home – Michael (born 1923) and Roger (born 1926). His father was, at the time, working as an Electrical Installation Contractor. He also still had links with the Yeomanry and volunteered as a Special Constable.

Warwick Advertiser 14th June 1940

Military Service

Rank & Number: Lance Corporal, 5336849
Regiment/Service: 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Brigade/Division: 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
Date of death: 25th May 1940
Cause of death/Battle: Killed in action
Commemorated/Buried: Buried in Haverskerque British Cemetery, Nord, France. Row EE. Grave 12.
Awards:
Commemorated locally at: St Paul's Church, All Saints Church, Warwick School

Peter’s father, Laurence, achieved the rank of Major with the Warwickshire Yeomanry. He served in Egypt in the First World War.

Peter was a Sergeant in the Officer Corps at Warwick School – he went on to enlist in September 1938, and left with the British Expeditionary Force a year later in September 1939.

Contributors

  • Unlocking Warwick Research Group
  • Warwick Advertiser excerpt courtesy of Warwickshire County Record Office
  • Cemetery photograph courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)

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