Forename | Joseph |
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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 |