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Lieutenant Colonel COLMER WILLIAM DONALD LYNCH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. B. 87.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. M. Florence Lynch, of "Pareora," Stoke, Guildford, and the late Maj. Gen. William Wiltshire Lynch,.
  • Personal Inscription TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN EVER LOVING MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 549
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