Service Details
Name:
 LYON
Given Name:
 ROBERT
Initials:
 R
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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Unit:
 5th Bn.
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Unit 2:
 attd. 1st/8th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1917-03-17
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Age:
 51
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Rev. and Mrs. Robert Lyon, of North Church, Perth. Graduate of St. Andrew's University. Service in the Matabeleland and South African Wars. Came from Africa to serve. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Bay 9.

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