Private James Quinn
239745 D. Coy. Railway Operating Troops Depot, Royal Engineers
Lived at 64 Rumley Road

James with his wife Annie Sullivan and daughter Annie Quinn

My Great-Great Granddad James 'Jimmy' Quinn was born on 4th December 1892 in a pub called the Railway Tavern at 62 Bridge Street in what was then known as the 'Irish Park' area of Burnley. The pub was run by his father William Quinn, the son of Irish famine emigrants from County Clare & County Meath. William was also a military man and during the 1880s fought in the Anglo-Egyptian war, he was later a reservist during WWI. Jimmy has been described to me by my Granddad as a very strong man and a lifelong teetotaller. During the war he was hospitalised for two months with rheumatism and was severely ill with the after effects for a significant portion of his adult life. Post-war Jimmy worked as a barber and had a premises on Branch Road. His daughter Annie (my Great Grandma) followed in his footsteps and became a hairdresser.

Jimmy and his wife Annie Sullivan had three children, Annie Quinn (b.1914), John Quinn (b.1916 – who sadly died in infancy) and Raymond Quinn (b.1924). His son Raymond served in India during WWII.

(Courtesy of Howie Thompson)