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Private GEORGE HENRY LYON

Service Number: 23859
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY

J. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Harriett Lyon, of 20, Albert St., Rotherham.
  • Personal Inscription I WAITED ,BUT ALL IN VAIN OH WHAT WOULD I GIVE TO SEE HIM AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 822
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