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Able Seaman JOHN WILLIAM LYON

Service Number: KP/561
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Anson Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 15 June 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

B. 288.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Agnes Lyon, of Berwick-on-Tweed.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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