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Gunner WILLIAM LYDON

Service Number: 856111
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

1 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 08 February 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY

3. D. 3.

Eritrea

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Hannah Lydon, of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription IN HIS GOLDEN YOUTH HE TOOK HIS PLACE A MAN AMONGST THE BRAVE. R.I.P.

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Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 440
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