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Flight Sergeant JOHN DOUGLAS LYON

Service Number: 1335701
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

578 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 15 March 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave 4. F. 34-35.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William Lyon, and of Daisy Isabel Lyon, of Whyteleafe, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. MOTHER, MARGARET AND JEAN
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Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Bayern Germany
Number of casualties: 2970
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