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Military service
Age:
37
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Fort Garry Horse
Death:
February 26, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. B. 7.
Additional information
Son of Henry and Sarah Hilton Lye; husband of Margaret Lilian Lye, of Winnipeg.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye
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War Memorial
War Memorial, Salmon Arm & District, British Columbia. Inscribed:<P> IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM SALMON ARM DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. OUR HEROIC DEAD / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 506 Lieut Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye (RMC 1900) was the son of Henry and Sarah Hilton Lye. He was the husband of Margaret Lilian Lye, of Winnipeg. He served with the Fort Garry Horse. He died on Feb 26, 1918. He was buried in the Tincourt New British Cemetery in Somme, France. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 506 Lieut Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye (RMC 1900) was the son of Henry and Sarah Hilton Lye. He was the husband of Margaret Lilian Lye, of Winnipeg. He served with the Fort Garry Horse. He died on Feb 26, 1918. He was buried in the Tincourt New British Cemetery in Somme, France. -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 506 Lieut Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye (RMC 1900) was the son of Henry and Sarah Hilton Lye. He was the husband of Margaret Lilian Lye, of Winnipeg. He served with the Fort Garry Horse. He died on Feb 26, 1918. He was buried in the Tincourt New British Cemetery in Somme, France. -
Cap Badge
506 Lieut Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye (RMC 1900) was the son of Henry and Sarah Hilton Lye. He was the husband of Margaret Lilian Lye, of Winnipeg. He served with the Fort Garry Horse. He died on Feb 26, 1918. He was buried in the Tincourt New British Cemetery in Somme, France. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets' photos line the Memorial staircase at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. His photo is one of the earlier ones of fallen comrades on the Memorial Staircase. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 506 Lieut Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye (RMC 1900) was the son of Henry and Sarah Hilton Lye. He was the husband of Margaret Lilian Lye, of Winnipeg. He served with the Fort Garry Horse. He died on Feb 26, 1918. He was buried in the Tincourt New British Cemetery in Somme, France. -
Memorial
Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alfred Edwin Hilton Lye
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 452 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Tincourt is a village about 7 kilometres east of Peronne and TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY is on the west side of the village, just off the D199.
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