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Joseph Worthington (Lyon)

Details

Forename Joseph
Surname Worthington (Lyon)
Middle Name Lyon
Memorial Tyldesley Cenotaph
Age
Address 23 New Bank Street
Parents' Address
Township Tyldesley
Rank Sergeant
Occupation or place of work Fireman at Astley and Tyldesley Colleries
Regiment Grenadier Guards 2nd Batt
Day of Death 16
Month of Death September
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Thiepval Memorial
Regiment Number 10371
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information This soldier has been hard to find because he is registered as Lyon and not Worthington. He won the MM and DCM. Husband of Annie Worthington and he leaves 6 children
Remembered on Roll of Honour of Leigh Journal and on his family gravestone in Tyldesley Cemetery
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 6/10/16 and 8/11/18. LJ 10/1/19