Flynn Lambert Anthony Andrew (1896 - 1945)

Born 26 Mar 1896 in Denver, Colorado, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Jan 1945 at age 48 in Belgium

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Biography

Distinguished Service Cross (United States)

1ST. Lieutenant Flynn Andrew served in the United States Army Air Service in World War I
Service started: 1917
Unit(s): AEF,
Service ended: 20 Aug 1918

Lt. Col. Flynn Andrew Died of Wounds received in Belgium during World War II.

Family Life

Flynn Lambert Andrew was born in Denver, Colorado to William Henry Andrew Esq. & Kathleen Flynn (Flynn) Andrew he was the 3rd child of 6 and named their mother's maiden name, "Flynn". He is also the only child to take up the Law Practice, in their father's footsteps.

NOTE: No source for the "Lloyd" in his name but the marriage record has Lambert

1900 Precinct 11 Denver city Ward 12, Arapahoe, Colorado

Head of the Household was William Andrew age 43 born in Wisconsin, his occupation was a Lawyer

His wife Kathleen Andrew age 37 Iowa

Mary stated she had 5 children / 4 living.

Their daughter Florence Andrew age 11 born in Colorado

And then their son Paul Andrew age 9 Colorado

Then son Raymond Andrew age 7 Colorado

And named for his mother, Flynn Andrew age 4 Colorado

Mary Carmichael Servant age 22 Ireland

Years Married: 12 --Marriage Year (Estimated): 1888

William's birth Date: Sep 1857

William's Father's Birthplace: England --Mother's Birthplace: England ^[1]

1910 Denver Ward 10, Denver, Colorado

Head of the Household was W H Andrew age 50 Wisconsin, occupation Lawyer

His wife Kathleen Andrew age 50 Iowa

Kathleen states she had 5 children / 5 living......she did not mention the baby Marguerite, born and died 1890.

Paul Andrew Son M 19 Colorado

Raymond Andrew Son M 17 Colorado

Flynn Andrew Son M 14 Colorado

Catherine Andrew Daughter F 8 Colorado

Florence Hulings Daughter F 28 Colorado

Willis J Hulings Jr. Son-in-law M 27 Pennsylvania

Kathleen's birth Year (Estimated): 1860

Her Father's Birthplace: Iowa & Mother's Birthplace: France ^[2]

Draft Card

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918",

Name: Flynn Lambert Andrew

Event Date: May 29, 1917

Event Place: Denver, Colorado, United States

Birth Date: 23 Mar 1896

Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, United States

Citizenship Place: 1441 Pennsylvania Ave, Denver Colorado

Marital: Single

Occupation: Student Officers Training Corps

Employed By: U. S Government

Where Employed: Ft. Riley Kansas

What military service have you had? Rank: Pvt. Branch: Field Artillery

Years: 3 State: Colorado ^[3]

Military

World War I Pilot

United States Army Air Service, World War I

Flynn graduated from Aviation Training at Fort Sill, 1918. (see the newspaper item Feb 8 1918 attached)

" 16 February and 2 April 1918. In order to meet the demand for trained aerial observers for field artillery, a Balloon Corps Training School was set up at Post Field in 1918.

During World War I, the school trained 751 officers and created 89 companies, of which 33 were deployed to Europe." (wikipedia)

Awards:

1. Croix de Guerre
2. Cross of Saint George
3. Distinguished Flying Cross
4. Distinguished Service Cross (United States)

" 1st Lt. Air Service, Observer, 1st Air Depot, 104th Aero Squadron

Heroism, at or near Landres-et-St. Georges, France

On 30th October 1918." The U.S. Air Service in World War I, Volume I: The Final ... - Page 128 1st Air Depot

Distinguished Service Cross World War 1 Aviator

Left by Grand Army of the Republic on 16 Jan 2017 ^[4]

World War II Special Service Officer

Re-Up December 1942 as a Special Service Officer

II Corps, United States Army, World War II

Lt. Colonel Head Quarters 1st Army,

First assignment, to survey the troops in Africa and the Near East

And then to England as a "Special Representative Officer with Lt. General Omar Bradley"

In Belgium December 1944, he was wounded

And died of these wounds.

He was laid to rest in Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

NEWSPAPER January 2, 1945 Great Neck, New York...

A New York Lawyer

Marriage

"Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006,"

Groom was Flynn Lambert A Andrew

The Date: 07 Jul 1919

In Denver, Denver, Colorado

The Bride was Marion Joan Herbert ^[5]

Married Life in Colorado

In 1920 Denver, Denver, Colorado

Their address was 198 Gilpin St.

Head of the Household was

Flynn Andrew age 23 he was born in Denver, Colorado. His Occupation was Lawyer, General Practice

And his new bride, Marion Andrew age 20 she was also born in Colorado

Can Read: Yes ---Can Write: Yes

They Own or Rent: Rent

Flynn's birth Year (Estimated): 1897

His Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin and his Mother's Birthplace: Colorado

Record Number: 6209 --Line Number: 47 ^[6]

Traveling

1929 New York, New York from Bermuda

New York, New York Passenger

Passenger Flynn L Andrew Age: 33 --Birth Year (Estimated): 1896

Birthplace: Denver, Colorado United States

And his wife Marian Age 30 born Denver, Colorado

Their residence address was Great Neck, Long Island, New York

Ship Name: Fort Victoria

^[7]

Living in New York

In 1930 Great Neck Estates, Nassau, New York

Head of the Household was

Flynn Andrews age 34 born in Colorado, his occupation was Attorney, Law Office.

his wife Marion Andrews age 31 also born in Colorado

They have a daughter, Marion E Andrews born in 1923 Colorado

And a son Frederick W Andrews age 3 he was born in New York

Flynn's birth Year (Estimated): 1896

His Father's Birthplace: Iowa and Mother's Birthplace: United States

Record Number: 13350 --Line Number: 65

^[8]

And lastly in 1940 Kensington, North Hempstead Town, Nassau, New York

Address #30

They lived in the Same Place

The Head of the Household was

Flynn Andrew age 44 born in Colorado, his occupation was Lawyer.

His wife Marian Andrew was age 41 born in Colorado

their daughter Marian E Andrew age 17 also born in Colorado

Son Fred Andrew age 13 born in Great Neck, New York

They now had a maid, Elizabeth Griffin age 33 and she was born in Virginia

And a Lodger, Edward Griffin age 42 Virginia Gardener

Line Number: 10 ^[9]

Children

1. their daughter Marian E Andrew born in 1923 Colorado
2. Son Fred Andrew born 1927 Great Neck Estates, Nassau, New York

Death

In Belgium December 1944, he was wounded, and died of these wounds.

Burial: Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Military CROSS Monument

Inscription

Flynn L. Andrew

Lt. Col. HQ. First Army

New York Jan 2, 1945

Plot D Row 7 Grave 80

From his Obituary Brooklyn Eagle Wed. Feb. 7, 1945

Lt. COL. F. L. ANDREW DIES;

PSYCHOLOGICAL WAR CHIEF

Sources

1. ↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMW-9VK : accessed 15 May 2020), Mary Carmichael in household of William Andrew, Precinct 11 Denver city Ward 12, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 106, sheet 11A, family 268, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,122. -Digital Folder Number: 004118995 - Record Number: 1277--Household ID: 268---Line Number: 21--Digital Folder Number: 004118995--Image Number: 00031--Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N00784-3
2. ↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKW1-SQL : accessed 16 May 2020), Florence Hulings in household of W H Andrew, Denver Ward 10, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 121, sheet 12A, family 231, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 116; FHL microfilm 1,374,129. Record Number: 23127 --Digital Folder Number: 004970299 --Image Number: 00517-Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N03331-9
3. ↑ Citing this Record: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKJ-NM2 : 6 March 2020), Flynn Lambert Andrew, 1917-1918.Affiliate Publication Number: M1509 --Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards--GS Film Number: 1561842--Digital Folder Number: 005241956--Image Number: 00572
4. ↑ Congressional Medal of Honor by United States. Adjutant-General's Office pg.80
5. ↑ Citing this Record: "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN35-PG5 : 10 December 2017), Flynn Lambert A Andrew and Marion Joan Herbert, 07 Jul 1919, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing no. 72362, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,049.Digital Folder Number: 005203098--Image Number: 00241
6. ↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX22-VBB : accessed 19 May 2020), Marion Andrew in household of Flynn Andrew, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing ED 238, sheet 7A, line 48, family 198, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 162; FHL microfilm 1,820,162. Digital Folder Number: 004964344 ---Image Number: 00133--Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01909-5
7. ↑ Citing this Record: "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24FW-TQS : 12 March 2018), Flynn L Andrew, 1929; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Affiliate Film Number: 4625 ---GS Film Number: 1756363--Digital Folder Number: 004863107--Image Number: 00848
8. ↑ citing this Record: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X78B-33K : accessed 19 May 2020), Frederick W Andrews in household of Flynn Andrews, Great Neck Estates, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 22B, line 68, family 369, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1461; FHL microfilm 2,341,196. Digital Folder Number: 004952048 ---Image Number: 00286--Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N03920-1
9. ↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7ML-QHN : 21 December 2019), Edward Griffin in household of Flynn Andrew, Kensington, North Hempstead Town, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-222, sheet 61A, line 15, family 105, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2691.Digital Folder Number: 005458663 ---Image Number: 00184

• Obituary copy on the f-a-g memorial
• Find A Grave: Memorial #56287396
• Grand Army of the Republic gave us the site they use to honor him, listed above.