WW1 Casualty: Private 359287 John Lyon - Private 359287 John Lyon
| Unit/Regiment |
1st/10th Bn, King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
| Date of Death |
07/08/1918 |
Age at Death |
22 |
Burial/Memorial
& Reference |
Houchin British Cemetery
II C 25 |
| CWGC Family Details (if shown) |
Son of Sarah Lyon, of Baker St., Huyton Quarry, Liverpool
CWGC Headstone Inscription:-
Peace, Perfact Peace |
| Census Details |
1901 Census -
Joseph Lyon (32, an Ironworker) and his wife Sarah (34), lived at 3, Baker Street, Huyton, along with children Sarah (8), John (5), Mary (3) and Edith (1)
1911 Census -
The family still lived at Baker Street, Huton Quarry. 15 year old Joseph was employed as an Errand Boy for a Green Grocer |
| SDGW - Where Born |
Huyton, Lancs |
| Enlisted |
Prescot |
| Resided |
Prescot, Lancs |
| How Died |
Killed in Action |
Theatre of War |
France & Flanders |
| Research Ref. No. |
P189 |
Service Details
This extract from the Battalion War Diary reports a patrol on the date of Pte Lyon's death, and it is likely that he was one of the casualties referred to in the diary
John Lyon's Medal Index Card
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