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Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Brunswick New South Wales [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [3]

Glasgow [3]

London [3]

London England [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Crawley, Sussex [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Korong Vale Victoria [2]

Laanecoorie Victoria [2]

Lancashire England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Walthamstow, Essex [2]

Waverley, New South Wales [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

Apsley Victoria [1]

Argyllshire [1]

Banffshire [1]

Barrow, Suffolk [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bedlington, Northumberland, England [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bombay [1]

Bray [1]

Bredfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk [1]

Brentwood Essex [1]

Brierfield, Lancashire [1]

Bromley, Lancashire [1]

Bulla Victoria [1]

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Cawanall Queensland [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cottingham, Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Deer Park Victoria [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [606]

Driver [64]

Serjeant [57]

Gunner [54]

Corporal [42]

Captain [36]

Lieutenant [36]

Sapper [36]

Second Lieutenant [34]

Major [28]

Lance Corporal [26]

Pioneer [16]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Bombardier [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Rifleman [5]

Serjeant Major [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Admiral [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Lieutenant-Commander [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [2]

Waggoner [2]

1st Class Aircraftman [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Major [1]

Adjutant Captain [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Assistant Engineer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [93]

Royal Engineers [85]

Labour Corps [83]

Army Service Corps [70]

Royal Army Medical Corps [47]

Liverpool Regiment [40]

Royal Scots [38]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Highland Light Infantry [34]

London Regiment [33]

Gordon Highlanders [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

South Lancashire Regiment [26]

Royal Highlanders [24]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Manchester Regiment [19]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Scottish Rifles [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Border Regiment [10]

Cameron Highlanders [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [6]

Service

British Army [1023]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [114]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [97]

Royal Navy [76]

Australian Imperial Force [71]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [1404]

B [10]

M [2]

P [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1392]

Merchant Navy [19]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Brunswick New South Wales [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Glasgow Scotland [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [3] Glasgow [3] London [3] London England [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Aberdeen [2] Crawley, Sussex [2] Edinburgh [2] Fulham, London [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Korong Vale Victoria [2] Laanecoorie Victoria [2] Lancashire England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Luton, Bedfordshire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Walthamstow, Essex [2] Waverley, New South Wales [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] Apsley Victoria [1] Argyllshire [1] Banffshire [1] Barrow, Suffolk [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bedlington, Northumberland, England [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bombay [1] Bray [1] Bredfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk [1] Brentwood Essex [1] Brierfield, Lancashire [1] Bromley, Lancashire [1] Bulla Victoria [1] Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Cawanall Queensland [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cottingham, Hull, Yorkshire [1] Deer Park Victoria [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [606] Driver [64] Serjeant [57] Gunner [54] Corporal [42] Captain [36] Lieutenant [36] Sapper [36] Second Lieutenant [34] Major [28] Lance Corporal [26] Pioneer [16] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Bombardier [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Rifleman [5] Serjeant Major [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colonel [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Admiral [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Lieutenant-Commander [2] Nursing Sister [2] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [2] Waggoner [2] 1st Class Aircraftman [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Major [1] Adjutant Captain [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Assistant Engineer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [93] Royal Engineers [85] Labour Corps [83] Army Service Corps [70] Royal Army Medical Corps [47] Liverpool Regiment [40] Royal Scots [38] Machine Gun Corps [35] Highland Light Infantry [34] London Regiment [33] Gordon Highlanders [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] South Lancashire Regiment [26] Royal Highlanders [24] Royal Fusiliers [22] Manchester Regiment [19] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17] Royal Scots Fusiliers [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Cheshire Regiment [14] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Middlesex Regiment [14] King's Own Scottish Borderers [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] Seaforth Highlanders [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Durham Light Infantry [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [12] Scottish Rifles [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Border Regiment [10] Cameron Highlanders [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Royal Naval Division [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Norfolk Regiment [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Army Veterinary Corps [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Air Force [6] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [6]

Service

British Army [1023] Canadian Expeditionary Force [114] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [97] Royal Navy [76] Australian Imperial Force [71] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [1404] B [10] M [2] P [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1392] Merchant Navy [19] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Eric Lyon

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army R/19165 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1st/3rd Battalion attached 15th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

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Frank George Lyon

Born 1893

Died 1978

British Army 1998 then 434060 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps South Midland Bde Field Ambulance T.F.

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Benjamin Lyon

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 10882 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Samuel Ignatius Lyon

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 6309 Private Liverpool Scottish Regiment 10th Btn.

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Edward Frederick Lyon

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2245 Private London Regiment

British Army 2245 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd (City of London) Battalion

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Clive Wentworth Lyon

Born 1880

Died 1935

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Deoli Regiment

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army 3rd Lancers

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Herbert Woodley Lyon

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146264 Corporal Royal Air Force

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Herbert Lyon

Born 1856

Died 1919

Royal Navy Rear Admiral

Royal Navy Admiral

Royal Navy Captain (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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Henry Lyon

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2170 Private Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Lloyd Diets St. Aubyn Lyon

Born 1896

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 10141 Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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The Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Captain (T) Royal Highlanders 8th Battalion

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James Lyon

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 51036 Private Royal Scots

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John Dudley Couldridge Lyon

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1781 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 950654 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 950654 Royal Field Artiery A bty 15th Divison

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John James Lyon

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 4011 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 4011 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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John Smart Lyon

Born 1879

Died 1916

South African Services 1201 Private South African Infantry 8th Battalion

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Harold Vernon Lyon

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant H.M. Submarine "E2"

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James Alfred Lyon

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296808

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David Lyon

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42925

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Thomas Lyon

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118831

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Roland Lawrence Lyon

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71651

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