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Military service
Service number:
28053
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
February 21, 1893
Sarawak, Grey, Ontario
Death:
April 27, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. H. 27.
Additional information
Son of William and Emma Lyness.
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Lyness
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Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
One of two memorial plaques dedicated on 24 April 2010 to commemorate those members of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada) who fell during the Battle of 2nd Ypres 22-26 April 1915. This memorial plaque is located on Gravenstafel Ridge. Submitted by Captain (retired) V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
One of two memorial plaques dedicated on 24 April 2010 to commemorate those members of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada) who fell during the Battle of 2nd Ypres 22-26 April 1915. This memorial plaque is located in the town of St Julien. Submitted by Captain (retired) V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Entrance
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun April 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Lyness
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Lyness
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Lyness
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Lyness
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Lyness
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Lyness
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Lyness
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Lyness
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Lyness
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 25 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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