BORN HULL 1893. YOUNGEST SON OF JESSE & ELIZA LYON, OF 124 LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS HOIST DRIVER. RESIDED AT 3 EASTFIELD AVENUE, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL,
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE IST EAST KENT REGIMENT “THE BUFFS”. HE WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THEIPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 07/11/1916. * UNMARRIED. HIS WAR PENSION WAS LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZA, AT 124 LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS)
NB: FRANK, HERBERT, HARRY & CHARLES LYONS ALL SERVED AT 60 SPRING STREET. MICHAEL, WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL
First name:
ERNEST
Military Number:
15513
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
23
