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Private WILLIAM JOHN LYLE

Service Number: 5568762
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

1st Bn

Date of Death

Died 17 November 1940

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

1. B. 15.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William John and Mary Lyle, of Belfast, Northern Ireland; husband of Wilhelmina Lyle, of Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL
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Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 860
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