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Private WILLIAM ALEXANDER LYELL

Service Number: 42470
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

10th/11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XXII. H. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Marion Alexander Lyell, of Haugh, Mauchline, Ayrshire. Native of Haugh.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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