Born: 1920 (2nd Qtr)
Son of John Percy and Mary Jane Kynaston, of Wem, Shropshire.
The registration index gives his mother's maiden name as Daffern.

1901 Census lists
Mary J. Daffern born and living in Ledbury, Herefordshire.
Her parents are William G. and Elizabeth Daffern.
William G. Daffern's occupation is given as Stonemason,
he was born in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
John P. Kynaston living at 14 Chapel Street, with
his parents John and Ann Kynaston.
John Kynaston's occupation is given as Ironmonger.

1911 Census lists
John P. Kynaston living at Victoria Place, 14 Chapel Street, Wem and
assisting in his father's business as ab Ironmonger's Assistant.
Mary J. Daffern is working as a Draper's Assistant and living 38 High Street, Wem,
in the household of her brother-in-law, William Bowen, and her sister, Edith Bowen.
For information on Bowen's shop.

1939 Register lists
John P. and Mary J. Kynaston living at Sundorne, Aston Rd, Wem.
John P. Kynaston's birth date is given as 3 January 1882 and
his occupation as Ironmonger.
Mary J. Kynaston's birth date is given as 1 January 1886.

During WWII, Francis John Kynaston [2736904]
was a Lance Corporal in the Welsh Guards (Gwarchodlu Cymreig), 3rd Battalion,
one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army.
The 3rd Battalion Welsh Guards was raised in Hounslow, 24 October 1941.
It saw service in the (Tunisian) North African Campaign and the Italian Campaign.

Enlisted: Surrey, England.
Died: 29 May 1944
Listed on Casualty List No. 1425. (Wounded, 9 April 1944)
Listed on Casualty List No. 1471 as 'Died of Wounds' on 29 May 1944.
Cemetery: Naples War Cemetery, Naples, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Campania, Italy.