About John Tinniswood
John Alfred Tinniswood (26 August 1912 – 25 November 2024) was a British supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living man from the death of 112-year-old Shi Ping of China on 29 June 2024 until his own death on 25 November 2024, at the age of 112 years and 91 days. == Biography == John Alfred Tinniswood was born on 26 August 1912 in Liverpool, Lancashire (now Merseyside), England. He was the son of John Bernard Tinniswood (1869–1947) and Ada Tinniswood (née Pimblett; 1875–1957). During World War II, he enlisted in the British Army. Due to his poor eyesight, he was barred from serving as a front line soldier and instead held an administrative role within the Royal Army Pay Corps as an accountant and auditor. He was also involved in logistical tasks, such as locating stranded soldiers and organising food supplies. Tinniswood met his future wife, Blodwen (née Roberts, 1917–1986), at a dance during the war; they married in 1942, and their only child, Susan, was born in 1943. Tinniswood went on to work as an accountant for Royal Mail and Shell-Mex and BP before retiring in 1972. Blodwen died from lung cancer in 1986, after 44 years of marriage. === Later life === In retirement, Tinniswood became active in his church, Blundellsands United Reformed Church, where he was an elder and also gave sermons.
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