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Private HERBERT LYONS

Service Number: 11839
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

IV. G. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joe and Hannah Lyons, of 125, Leigh St., Attercliffe, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription TO FORGET IS A VAIN ENDEAVOUR LOVE'S REMEMBRANCE LIVES FOR EVER FROM FATHER AND MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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