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Private JOHN LYONS

Service Number: 241000
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

"A" Coy. 1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 April 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. K. 13.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 125th Trench Mortar Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Lyons, of Whitworth, Rochdale.
  • Personal Inscription O SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM MAY HE REST IN PEACE AMEN.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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