Lyall, Graham Thomson –

Son of Rev. Robert Henry Lyall, former Curate of St. John’s Church, Farnworth, Lancashire, and Agnes Lisette Lyall; husband of Elizabeth Lyall (nee Frew), of Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Pre-WWI service as Boy Artificer M131, Royal Navy. Enlisted as Private 158524, 24/09/1915 at St. Catherine’s, Ontario and served in 102nd Bn, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment, Canadian Imperial Forces in WWI, and commissioned from the rank of Corporal.

Personal details

  • Surname: Lyall
  • Forename: Graham Thomson
  • Date of birth: March 8th, 1892
  • Birth place: Manchester, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Airdrie, Lanarkshire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 49
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: November 28th, 1941
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Colonel
  • Unit: Not known
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: WW1 & WW2

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: V.C.

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt
  • CWGC reference: 19. B. 32.

Local newspaper entries

  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 27/12/1918

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