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Robert Lyon

Details

Forename Robert
Surname Lyon
Middle Name Long
Memorial Aspull & Wigan Cenotaphs
Age 21
Address 312 Wigan Road
Parents' Address Willow Terrace, Whelley
Township Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Steelworker for Wigan Coal & Iron Co
Regiment Kings Regiment (Liverpool) 13th Batt
Day of Death 16
Month of Death December
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension
Regiment Number 20859
Name of War First World War
Location Wigan
Additional Information Posthumous Honour Royal Humane Society also Aspull Cenotaph
Ref: CWGC, WO 2/3/18