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Serjeant WILLIAM EDWARD LYNN

Service Number: 5700
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

II. F. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Lynn, of Mousetown, Coalisland, Co. Tyrone. One of four brothers who died on service, two are buried in Belgium, one in France and the fourth in Israel.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED A PEARLESS SOLDIER'S DEATH AND FILLS AN HONOURED GRAVE
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