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Geoffrey Wilfred Fynn (1918 - 2012) The symbol: '@@@@@@' indicates that detail has been hidden to reduce 'identity theft' risks. See Legal stuff.
At the outbreak of the Second World War he was called up to the scientific civil service and first worked in Christchurch on Radar. As a result of enemy action they soon had to move the labs to Malvern; to what later became the Royal Radar Establishment. For years during the 2WW a rift grew in the family as his sister, Mary, formed the opinion that her brother, Geoffrey, was a conscientious objector and was in prison for his views. For some reason their parents failed to correct her. Whether they felt that they were constrained by the Official Secrets Acts... Quite how his admittedly rare home visits were explained... Geoff used to recall working on early radar development. One winter; probably 1939-1940 they were on the Durham coast testing equipment on aircraft being flown in from the North Sea. It was so cold that they had to do up 4BA nuts and bolts with their thumbs! Number 10 (Downing Street) declined a request that they could have Christmas to thaw out... At Malvern he met Mary Henderson @@@@@@ who had also been called up for ‘war work’. She x-rayed shell fuses to check they were okay or otherwise. Mary and Geoff married in @@@@ 1945. Geoffrey Wilfred Fynn subsequently worked on guided missiles (including 'Blue Steel' and 'Blue Streak') at R.R.E. Malvern. When 'Blue Steak' was cancelled he moved to the physics division and became involved in lasers. He co-wrote "The Cutting and Polishing of Electro-optic Materials" (Pub. 1979 by Adam Hilger Ltd) and later the up-dated version, "Cutting and Polishing Optical and Electronic Materials" (Pub. 1988 by Adam Hilger Ltd). Mary and Geoff lived at @@@@@@@@@, the family home since @@@@. Mother 'pottered' and busied herself with Church and Women's Institute matters, whilst father busied himself with his garden and making fully working copies of 19th century clocks as well as hand polishing lenses and mirrors for astronomical telescopes. They had two children:
Sadly Geoffrey Wilfred Fynn died in November 2012 after a short stay in Worcester Royal Hospital. Mary Henderson Fynn tried to make a life for herself without her partner of over 65 years. She did all of the WI excursions and garden visits but died in August 2013 after a short but distressing illness. They are both buried in the same grave at Bransford Chapel. The symbol: '@@@@@@' indicates that detail has been hidden to reduce 'identity theft' risks. See Legal stuff. Return to the top of the page or go back to Geoffrey Hyde Fynn (Snr) or use one of the button to the left... Page last updated 5th April 2014 |
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