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Serjeant FRANCIS W. LYONS

Service Number: 240161
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY

II. A. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Anthony and Mary Lyons, of "Lyndhurst," Park Grove, Norton, Malton, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription ''ON WHOSE SOUL SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY'' R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 729
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