BORN HULL SEPT. 1892. SON OF THOMAS LYON (1854-1900) & AGNES COOPLAND (1854-1936), OF 6 GARDEN SQUARE, PRINCESS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN THE ARMY AND SERVED THREE YEARS IN INDIA.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, IN THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS WOUNDED AT SALONIKA IN 1916.
DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS OF THE LUNGS, ON 01/11/1917, AGED 25. HE IS BURIED IN MALTA.
HE WAS PICTURED WITH HIS TWO BROTHERS, HERBERT (RFA) AND WILLIAM (ROYAL FUSILIERS), BOTH WOUNDED, IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 21/09/1916. *
First name:
JAMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
9485
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
01/11/1917
Place died:
Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta
Age:
25
6 GARDEN SQUARE, PRINCESS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
